 | Justin Winsor - America - 1887 - 800 pages
...took notes of Otis's argument, and fifty-six years later wrote : " 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."3 This was no mere rhetorical phrase.4 The influence... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1889 - 572 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." This five-hour speech against taxation without representation was a potent effort, but it cannot fairly... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1891 - 840 pages
...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." When the stamp act was passed, in 1765, Adams took... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 838 pages
...away, as 1 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." When the stamp act was passed, in 1765, Adams took... | |
 | Hamilton Andrews Hill - Boston (Mass.) - 1889 - 718 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." The day of installation came, — the first that had... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Presidents - 1894 - 684 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." When the stamp act was passed, in 1765, Adams took... | |
 | Lorenzo Sears - Oratory - 1895 - 458 pages
..." Every man of a crowded audience went away ready to take arms. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain." The reputation of his oratory is mostly a tradition, but that is of wild enthusiasm whenever he appeared.... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - Orators - 1896 - 474 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, that is in 17/6, he grew up to manhood... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1896 - 442 pages
...appeared to the young Adams " as a flame of fire." " Then and there," says Adams, "was the first scene in the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." It was chiefly on this speech that the fame of Otis... | |
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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. 
