| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1851 - 406 pages
...declare, that whether under a fee or not (for in such a case I despise a fee), I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given...all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is. " It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1851 - 386 pages
...declare, that whether under a fee or not (for in such a case I despise a fee), I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given...all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is. " It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary... | |
| William Russell - 1854 - 398 pages
...whether under a fee or not, (for, in such a case as this, I despise a fee,) I will, to my dying day, oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given...villany on the other, as this writ of assistance is. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power,-— the most destructive of English liberty,... | |
| John Stetson Barry - 1856 - 542 pages
...inhabitants of Boston ; and his speech created an unusual excitement. " I am determined," was his avowal, " to my dying day to oppose, with all the powers and...slavery, on the one hand, and villany, on the other, as thia writ of assistance is. I argue in favor of British liberties, at a time when we hear the greatest... | |
| 1857 - 610 pages
...that whether under a fee or not, (for in such a cause as this 1 despise a fee,) I will to my dying day ht to be published and proclaimed for the information of other nations. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and... | |
| 1857 - 668 pages
...this 1 despise a fee,) I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has givon me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand,...villany on the other, as this writ of assistance is. It appears to mo the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 pages
...and there sown ;"and when the orator exclaimed, " To my dying day I will oppose, with all the power and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on one hand, and villany on the other," the independence of the colonies was proclaimed. ' From that day... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1858 - 482 pages
..." To my dying day," said Otis, raising his voice in tones of thunder, — " to my dying day, I will oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has...slavery on the one hand, and villany on the other." 13. The occasion was intensely exciting. The liberties of the people were in danger. Their very dwellings... | |
| Frank Moore - 1859 - 618 pages
...that whether under a fee or not, (for in such a cause as this 1 despise a fee,) I will to my dying day the justice of the Almighty, and resolve to repel...example of magnanimity and virtue scarcely to be p It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...up to manhood, and declared himself free." In opening this case, Otis said, "I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given...all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as is this writ of assistance. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary... | |
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