 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 492 pages
...of patriots and heroes were then and there sown. Every man of an immensely crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there'the child Independence was born. In fifte'en years, that is, in 1776, he grew up to manhood,... | |
 | Salma Hale - 1848 - 392 pages
...that I never heard equalled in this or in any other country. Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance. The seeds of patriots and heroes were then and there sown. Then and there was the first scene of the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 pages
...immense audience, who heard him * Letters from Virginia. in his defence of American rights, went away ready to take arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of opposition to the arbitrary claim of Great Britain ; then and there American independence was born."... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 498 pages
...of patriots and heroes were then and there sown. Every man of an immensely crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was b«rn. In fifteen years, that is, in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free." „__„*•... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...against writs of assistance. " Then and there," says John Adams, who was present, " was the first scene of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there American Independence was born." Another ministerial measure was to instruct the provincial governors... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1851 - 854 pages
...sown. Every man of an immensely erowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take up arms against Writs of Assistance. Then and there was...the child, Independence, was born. In fifteen years, that is, in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free." Poor Otis ! The bludgeon of a... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1851 - 392 pages
...to the effects of their arguments on this occasion, the late President John Adams asserted, that " then and there was the first scene of the first act...child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free." * • See Tudor'f " Life of Otit," pp. 67... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1852 - 254 pages
...defend the vigorous youth, were then and there sown. Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against...the child Independence was born. In fifteen years, that is, in 1776, he grew up to manhood and declared himself free." Tudor's Life of James Otis, pp.... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1919 - 800 pages
...Adams most graphically described this trial which he attended. In the course of his letter he said : "Then and there was the first scene of the first act...claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child of Independence was born." These events which we have but given in outline occurred within the memory... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 880 pages
...crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did. ready to take up arms against Wrilt uf Atr*tance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claim? of Great Britain. Then and there the child, Independence, was born. In fifteen years, that is,... | |
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Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance. Then and there, was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the... 
