 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1996 - 454 стор.
...and more pompous than that of the Roman Senate when the Gauls broke in upon them." Mr. Adams adds, "then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claim of Great Britain." It is worthy of note in the light of events which soon after followed, that... | |
 | Leonard W. Levy - 462 стор.
...and took notes. As an old man, fifty-six years later, he declared, "Otis was a flame of Fire! . . . Then and there was the first scene of the first Act...Claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independance [sic] was born." On the night before the Declaration of Independence, Adams asserted that... | |
 | Blanca Rodríguez Ruiz - 1997 - 410 стор.
...English law book". 35 Unlike in England, this struggle was not successful; yet it has been praised as "the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain". 36 The enactment of the fourth amendment is a fruit of the background described above. On account of... | |
 | Akhil Reed Amar - 1998 - 448 стор.
...time as the epochal event that John Adams — writing fifty years after the fact — claimed it was: "Then and there was the first scene of the first Act...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." a LEGAL PAPER8 OF JOHN AOAM8 107 (L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel eds., 1965l (letter to William... | |
 | Peter McNamara - 1999 - 278 стор.
...described the impact of Otis' speech on those in attendance: "Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance. . . . Then and there the child of Independence was born."38 From this moment forward, Adams' life was swept along by events... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 стор.
...American independence was there and then born; the seeds of patriots and heroes were then and there sown. Then and there was the first scene of the first act...opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain." Although Otis lost the case, the British government withdrew the writs of assistance. Otis became a... | |
 | Kermit Hall - 2000 - 446 стор.
...to Otis's argument, later declared: "Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as l did, ready to take arms against writs of Assistance .... Then and there the Child Independence was born."31 Political historians have debated whether and by how much the writs... | |
 | Michael Woodiwiss - 2001 - 484 стор.
...witnessed the speech and later described its impact, 'Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against writs...scene of the first act of opposition, to the arbitrary rule of Great Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born.'57 The cause of American independence,... | |
 | John W. Johnson - 2001 - 608 стор.
...impetuous Eloquence, he hurried away all before him; American Independence was then and there born. . . . Then and there was the first scene of the first Act...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." There is, of course, some reason to question this distant recollection: Adams was writing to William... | |
 | Samuel Dash - 2004 - 194 стор.
...were then and there sown, to defend vigorous youth. . . . Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. In fifteen years, namely in 1776, he grew up to manhood and declared himself free. 8 After the arguments... | |
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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... 
