 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...  Works - Page 152by Sir William Jones - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Sophocles - Mythology, Greek - 1819 - 428 pages
...910. With equal sublimity and energy the excellent Hooker expresses himself on the same subject : " Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...harmony of the world : all " things in heaven' and eaith do her homage ; the very least as feeling her " care, and the greatest as not exempted from her... | |
 | Classical philology - 1819 - 572 pages
...following sublime period of Hooker, which closes the first book of his ' Ecclesiastical Polity:' " Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All tilings in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, ana the greatest as... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1820 - 494 pages
...Hooker*, in a passage not more brilliant with other beauties than with the leading one of truth, " of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...the greatest as not exempted from her power ; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain) - Scandals - 1820 - 958 pages
...Hooker, who thus speaks in " liis great work on Ecclesiastical Polity : — " Of Law there ** can he no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom...the greatest as not exempted from her power. ** Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition 41 soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | 1820 - 590 pages
...removed, that the "service" of God "is perfect freedom."* For, to use the words of judicio&e Hooker,! "Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempt from her power ; both angels and men and creatures of what "Collect for Peace. tEcclesiast.... | |
 | Sophocles - Greek drama - 1820 - 432 pages
...excellent Hooker expresses himself on the same subiect...." Of Law there can be no less ucknow• " ledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice...the greatest as not exempted from her power; both " angels• and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in '" different sort and manner,... | |
 | 1820 - 612 pages
...present occasion — the triumph of that law of which Hooker, in his " Ecclesiastical Polity,*' said, " Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and on earth do her homage j the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from... | |
 | Francis Burdett - Great Britain - 1820 - 48 pages
...great ecclesiastical writer had described it as a system of justice of which no less could be said, than that " her seat is the bosom of God, her voice...all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the meanest enjoy her protection, the highest are not exempted from her power." ' ' ••< . ; Mr. Samuel... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), John Adolphus - 1820 - 902 pages
...that her leal U the bosom of God, her voice the harmony <.f the world. All things in heaven and on earth do her homage; the very least as feeling her...the greatest, as not exempted from her power. Both angel; and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1820 - 782 pages
...her seal is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the reí world. All tiiings in heaven and on earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her...the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet... | |
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