 Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...  The Cambridge Examiner - Page 3431881Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 752 pages
...parts of Hooker are so arranged as to present indisputable coincidences, ne ver till no w pointed, out. All things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, (1) « Almighty God hath created and appointed J all things, in heaven, earth, and waters, (2) in a... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - International law - 1828 - 108 pages
...omnes, constans, sempiterna, quse speaks in so sublime a strain : — " Of law, no less can be said, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice...do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempted from her power ; vocet ad officium jubendo, vetando a fraude deterreat,... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1828 - 304 pages
...and cowardly oppressors. " Of Law," says Bishop HOOKER, " no less can " be acknowledged, than lhat her seat is the bosom of " God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All " things in heaven and in earth do her homage: the " very least as feeling her care ; and the greatest as " not exempted from... | |
 | Jeremiah Evarts - Cherokee Indians - 1829 - 122 pages
...strains which have been admired for their beauty and eloquence ever since they were written, — " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, each in different sort and order, yet... | |
 | Jeremiah Evarts - Cherokee Indians - 1829 - 122 pages
...in strains which have been admired for their beauty and eloquence ever since they were written,—" Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, each in different sort and order, yet... | |
 | Richard Hooker, John Keble, Richard William Church - Anglican Communion - 626 pages
...each as in nature, so in degree, distinct from other. [8.] Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power, both3 Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each In different sort and manner,... | |
 | M. C. Bradbrook - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 294 pages
...Cressida has its parallel in Hooker's encomium on law: Of law there can be no less acknowledged then that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world: all things in heavne and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest not exempted from... | |
 | Iowa State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 1030 pages
...in these beautiful worck: "Law! Her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the universe; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest is not exempt from her power." Made up as the law is, with a body of rules of conduct, which checki... | |
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