The life of James Otis, of MassachusettsWells and Lilly, 1823 - 508 halaman |
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... - Advertisement - Assault upon him - Consequences of his wounds - Gives up the damages - Town Meeting and Vindication of the Town of Boston 288 313 328 354 CHAPTER XXIII . The Legislature again assembled at Cambridge in CONTENTS .
... - Advertisement - Assault upon him - Consequences of his wounds - Gives up the damages - Town Meeting and Vindication of the Town of Boston 288 313 328 354 CHAPTER XXIII . The Legislature again assembled at Cambridge in CONTENTS .
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... give a distinct idea of his manner , as well as his ability and services . A more accurate impression will be thus obtained , than could be received of most men from their printed works , because few persons were more frank and fearless ...
... give a distinct idea of his manner , as well as his ability and services . A more accurate impression will be thus obtained , than could be received of most men from their printed works , because few persons were more frank and fearless ...
Halaman 8
... give indications of great talent and power of application . He took the degree of A. B. in 1743 , and that of A. M. in due course , three years afterwards . The only record of his having any part in the public college exer- cises , is ...
... give indications of great talent and power of application . He took the degree of A. B. in 1743 , and that of A. M. in due course , three years afterwards . The only record of his having any part in the public college exer- cises , is ...
Halaman 12
... gives them pleasure ; much less will they seek for entertainment where they have been twice or thrice disappointed . The late emi- nent Mr. John Reed , who , by some , has been per- haps justly esteemed the greatest common lawyer this ...
... gives them pleasure ; much less will they seek for entertainment where they have been twice or thrice disappointed . The late emi- nent Mr. John Reed , who , by some , has been per- haps justly esteemed the greatest common lawyer this ...
Halaman 13
... give hope for the suc- cess they found , and then such hope would vanish , unless they could get a new lease of life and under- standing . " " I have formed very sanguine hopes from Sam- uel's pursuing the plan I have taken a little ...
... give hope for the suc- cess they found , and then such hope would vanish , unless they could get a new lease of life and under- standing . " " I have formed very sanguine hopes from Sam- uel's pursuing the plan I have taken a little ...
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acts of parliament affairs afterwards American American revolution answer appointed arbitrary army assembly Boston Boston Gazette Britain British called cause character charter citizens civil Colonel colonies colonists command committee common conduct considered constitution council Court crown defend duty enemies engaged England English excited favour feelings Franklin friends gave gentleman give Governor Bernard Hancock Harvard College honour Hutchinson inhabitants interest James Otis John Robinson king legislature letter liberty Lieutenant Governor Lord lord Hillsborough Lord Shelburne majesty's manner Massachusetts measures ment military mind ministry Molineux mother country nation nature never occasion officers opinion parliament party patriots period persons political President Adams principles province racter received remarkable representation represented respect revenue revolution Samuel Adams sent session shew soon sovereign speech spirit stamp act sugar act talents taxes tion took town troops vote whole Writs of Assistance
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Halaman 61 - 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 336 - In no country perhaps in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful ; and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
Halaman 336 - I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business, after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the plantations. The colonists have now fallen into the way of printing them for their own use. I hear that they have sold nearly as many of Blackstone's Commentaries in America as in England.
Halaman 137 - The people are Protestants; and of that kind which is the most adverse to all implicit submission of mind and opinion. This is a persuasion not only favorable to liberty, but built upon it. I do not think, Sir, that the reason of this averseness in the dissenting churches from all that looks like absolute government is so much to be sought in their religious tenets, as in their history.
Halaman 77 - They went much farther; they attempted to prove, and they succeeded, that in theory it ought to be so, from the particular nature of a House of Commons as an immediate representative of the people, whether the old records had delivered this oracle or not. They took infinite pains to inculcate, as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchies the people must in effect themselves, mediately or immediately, possess the power of granting their own money, or no shadow of liberty can subsist. The Colonies...
Halaman 137 - All Protestantism, even the most cold and passive, is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance ; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion.
Halaman 137 - It is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the protestant religion. This religion, under a variety of denominations, agreeing in nothing but in the communion of the spirit of liberty, is predominant in most of the northern provinces, where the Church of England, notwithstanding its legal rights, is in reality no more than a sort of private sect, not composing most probably the tenth of the people. The colonists left England when this spirit was high, and in the emigrants was the highest...
Halaman 61 - Otis was a flame of fire : with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American independence was then and there born. Every man, of an immense crowded audience, appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance.
Halaman 137 - Religion, always a principle of energy, in this new people is no way worn out or impaired; and their mode of professing it is also one main cause of this free spirit. The people are Protestants, and of that kind which is the most adverse to all implicit submission of mind and opinion.
Halaman 77 - They took infinite pains to inculcate, as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchies the people must in effect themselves mediately or immediately, possess the power of granting their own money, or no shadow of liberty could subsist. The colonies draw from you, as with their lifeblood, these ideas and principles. Their love of liberty, as with you, fixed and attached on this specific point of taxing.