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" Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born. "
The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City ... - Page 12
by Jeremiah Lewis Diman - 1866 - 23 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 445

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1979 - 996 pages
...oppressions of the mother country. "Then and there," said John Adams, "then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born."' Boyd \. United States, 116 US 616, 625." Stanford...
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The life of James Otis, of Massachusetts

William Tudor - United States - 1823 - 544 pages
...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 child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood...
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American Political and Military Biography: In Two Parts. Part I. The ...

Presidents - 1825 - 476 pages
...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 child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood,...
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The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing ..., Volume 1

William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...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 child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood...
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The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal, Volume 1

Worcester County (Mass.) - 1826 - 404 pages
...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 child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood...
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A Selection of Eulogies: Pronounced in the Several States, in Honor of Those ...

1826 - 438 pages
...away AS I DID, READY TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST WRITS OF ASSISTANCE. 'I HEN AND THERE WAS THE FIRST SCENE OF THE FIRST ACT OF OPPOSITION TO THE ARBITRARY CLAIMS OF GREAT BRITAIN. THEN AND THERE THE CHILD INDEPENDENCE WAS BORN. IN FIFTEEN YEARS, VIZ. IN 1776, HE GREW UP TO MANHOOD,...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 8

John Sanderson - United States - 1827 - 362 pages
...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." The court could find no justification for such writs ; but issued them, a& it was believed, clandestinely;...
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A History of Boston: The Metropolis of Massachusetts, from Its Origin to the ...

Caleb Hopkins Snow - Boston (Mass.) - 1828 - 482 pages
...he hurried away all before him. 'Then ana there,' says President John Adams, ' was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then, and there, the child Independence was born. Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared...
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Questions and Supplement to Goodrich's History of the United States

Joseph Emerson - United States - 1832 - 224 pages
...as I did^ ready to tako; uñón 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, ilic child Independence was horn. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood,...
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Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 2

Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 654 pages
...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.'* It would be travelling over a beaten road, to pursue the narrative of the parliamentary contest from...
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