...been roused at Boston by the speech of Otia : ' I do say, in the most solemn manner, that Mr Otis's ' oration against writs of assistance, breathed into this nation • the breath of life.' Jefferson has left his own account of the impression made upon himself, by the pause, the boldness,...

...oration for history. I shall not essay an analysis or a sketch of it at present. I shall only say, and I do say, in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis'...assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life.' This may be true in one sense; but we cannot think it is in all its extent; and the subsequent language...

...entertained constantly the fullest conviction of its important effects. ' I do say,' he observes, ' in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis' Oration...Assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life.' In 1765 Mr. Adams laid before the public, what I suppose to be his first printed performance, except...

...form some reflections pleasing to myself. The produce of cue of these reveries jou have read above.' manner, that Mr. Otis' Oration against Writs of Assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life.' In 1765 Mr. Adams laid before the public, what I suppose to be first printed performance, except essays...

...life, after a most interesting account of this cause, and of the argument of Otis, Mr. Adams adds, "I do say, in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis'...assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life." In the year 1765, Mr. Adams published in the newspapers, his essay on the canon and feudal law. Being...

...entertained constantly the fullest conviction of its important effects. ' I do say,' he observes, ' in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis' Oration...Assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life.' In 1765 Mr. Adams laid before the public what I suppose to be his first printed performance, except...

...fullest conviction of its important effects. " 1 do say," he declared long afterwards, " that Mr. Otis's oration against writs of assistance breathed into this nation the breath of life." On another occasion he said of this same harangue, " Otis was a flame of fire! with a promptitude of...

...forcibly expressed than in Mr. Adams's own words : " I do say in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis's oration against writs of assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life."1 The war with the Cherokees still continued, a great majority War with of that high spirited...

...conviction of its important effects. " I do say," he observes, " in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis's Oration against Writs of Assistance, breathed into this nation the breath of life." In 1765 Mr. Adams laid before the public, what I suppose to be his first printed performance, except...

...ablest he ever knew, and ranked it among the principal preparatory events to the revolution. He adds, "I do say, in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis'...breathed into this nation the breath of life." The records of those times furnish us with many similar instances which we might quote, of harshness and...