James Otis, the Pre-revolutionist: A Brief Interpretation of the Life and Work of a PatriotUniversity Association, 1898 - 112 halaman |
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... of the king's officers , and it was in this relation that he was subsequently brought face to face with his distinguished pupil in the trial of the most remarkable case which preceded the Revolution . Mr. Otis devoted 20 JAMES OTIS .
... of the king's officers , and it was in this relation that he was subsequently brought face to face with his distinguished pupil in the trial of the most remarkable case which preceded the Revolution . Mr. Otis devoted 20 JAMES OTIS .
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... brought suit for the collection of a bill . Believing in his client and in the justice of the claim , he pressed the matter in court and was about to obtain a judgment when he acci- dentally discovered , among his client's papers , a ...
... brought suit for the collection of a bill . Believing in his client and in the justice of the claim , he pressed the matter in court and was about to obtain a judgment when he acci- dentally discovered , among his client's papers , a ...
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... brought it about - availing her- self as it is said , of one of Mr. Otis's spells of mental aberration to carry out her purposes - aggravated the diffi- culty and made her husband's exasperation everlasting . The younger daughter of the ...
... brought it about - availing her- self as it is said , of one of Mr. Otis's spells of mental aberration to carry out her purposes - aggravated the diffi- culty and made her husband's exasperation everlasting . The younger daughter of the ...
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... brought on the Revolution . It was a great cause that had to be pleaded , and the occasion and the city and the man , were as great as the cause . The parties to it were clearly de- fined , and were set in sharp antagonism . On the one ...
... brought on the Revolution . It was a great cause that had to be pleaded , and the occasion and the city and the man , were as great as the cause . The parties to it were clearly de- fined , and were set in sharp antagonism . On the one ...
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... brought out the mettle of the man . When the revenue officers came to him with the request that he defend their case , he at once resigned his office , and this being known the merchants immediately sought his services as counsel to ...
... brought out the mettle of the man . When the revenue officers came to him with the request that he defend their case , he at once resigned his office , and this being known the merchants immediately sought his services as counsel to ...
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Halaman 49 - oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villany on the other, as this writ of assistance is.
Halaman 52 - the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book;" since they placed "the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.
Halaman 49 - It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book.
Halaman 107 - Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and whilst he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle.
Halaman 85 - Approach : but awful ! lo ! the /Egerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John* sat and thought ; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country, and be poor...
Halaman 49 - I must, therefore, beg your honors' patience and attention to the whole range of an argument, that may, perhaps, appear uncommon in many things, as well as to points of learning that are more remote and unusual: that the whole tendency of my design may the more easily be perceived, the conclusions better descend, and the force of them be better felt.
Halaman 47 - 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 child Independence was born.
Halaman 101 - Charlestown, who raised his piece at the same moment with a British soldier, each exclaiming, "You are a dead man!" The Briton dropped, shot through the heart. James Hayward fell mortally wounded.
Halaman 91 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might — Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
Halaman 54 - It shall be lawful for any person or persons authorized," etc. What a scene does this open! Every man, prompted by revenge, ill humor, or wantonness to inspect the inside of his neighbor's house, may get a writ of assistance. Others will ask it from self-defense; one arbitrary exertion will provoke another, until society be involved in tumult and in blood.