James Otis, the Pre-revolutionist: A Brief Interpretation of the Life and Work of a PatriotUniversity Association, 1898 - 112 halaman |
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... distinguished jurists who postponed the beginning of their legal studies , or at least their legal practice , to a time of life quite be- yond the conventional student period . Mr. Otis then declares his conviction that a young man may ...
... distinguished jurists who postponed the beginning of their legal studies , or at least their legal practice , to a time of life quite be- yond the conventional student period . Mr. Otis then declares his conviction that a young man may ...
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... distinguished as a lawyer , he now became more distinguished as a civilian and a man of public affairs . He caught the rising interest as at the springing of the tide , and rose with it until it broke in lines of foam along the shores ...
... distinguished as a lawyer , he now became more distinguished as a civilian and a man of public affairs . He caught the rising interest as at the springing of the tide , and rose with it until it broke in lines of foam along the shores ...
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... distinguished for generosity to both friends and foes . Governor Hutchinson said of him : " that he never knew fairer or more noble conduct in a speaker , than in Otis ; that he always disdained to take advan- tage of any clerical error ...
... distinguished for generosity to both friends and foes . Governor Hutchinson said of him : " that he never knew fairer or more noble conduct in a speaker , than in Otis ; that he always disdained to take advan- tage of any clerical error ...
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... distinguished successors , was marked by a striking individuality . " It did not partake largely of the placid firmness of Samuel Adams ; or of the intense brilliancy and exquis- ite taste of the younger Quincy ; or the subdued and ...
... distinguished successors , was marked by a striking individuality . " It did not partake largely of the placid firmness of Samuel Adams ; or of the intense brilliancy and exquis- ite taste of the younger Quincy ; or the subdued and ...
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... - mon pleas , and Judge of Probate . 4. His two sons , John and James , became distinguished in public life . James , the father of the subject of this sketch , was an eminent lawyer . He , like his father , became Colonel. JAMES OTIS .
... - mon pleas , and Judge of Probate . 4. His two sons , John and James , became distinguished in public life . James , the father of the subject of this sketch , was an eminent lawyer . He , like his father , became Colonel. JAMES OTIS .
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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.