 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 224 pages
...Every man of an immense, crowded audience, appeared to me to go away, as I did^ ready to tako; uñón against Writs of Assistance., Then, and there, was...arbitrary claims of Great Britain — then and there, ilic child Independence was horn. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - 820 pages
...was argued in Boston by Mr. Otis. Mr. Adams says, "everyman 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 the child independence was born." In 1764 he married Abigail Smith, daughter of Rev. William Smith... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...American independence was then and there born. Every man, of an immense crowded audience, appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance." The court adjourned for consideration, and, at the close of the term, the chief-justice, Hutchinson,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1832 - 650 pages
...American independence was then and there born. Every man, of an immense crowded audience, appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance." The court adjourned for consideration, and, at the close of the term, the chief-justice, Hutchinson,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1836 - 654 pages
...him. American independence was then and there born. Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain.'* It would be travelling over a beaten road, to pursue the narrative of the parliamentary contest from... | |
 | 1842 - 574 pages
...of the effect of Otis's speech is remarkable : ' 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 the child Independence was born !' So it probably was; but Mr. Adams might have wished it a more honourable... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 pages
...* * Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take up arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was...opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain." The court publicly decided pgainst the writs, but secretly issued them. That people had their houses... | |
 | Barnstable (Mass.) - 1840 - 148 pages
...god-befriended, vigorous child, 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." The same venerable witness testified,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1840 - 416 pages
...Gridley in favor, and Thatcher and Otis against the application, and in the words of President Adams, " then and there was the first scene of the first act...Then and there the child Independence, was born." The last term of this court was held in Sept. 1774, and its powers under the charter were, in fact,... | |
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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... 
