Wherefore that here we may briefly end: 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... Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity - Page 106by Richard Hooker - 1868 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Belsham - 1801 - 428 pages
...this extensive sense, to use the subh'me language of a justly admired writer, " no less can be said than that 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, the greatest as not exempted from her... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 pages
...profound sentiments expressed by the venerable Hooker, particularly in the following eloquent passage : " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...her voice the harmony of the world, all things in heaveifand earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pages
...is so beautiful, as to leave cause for regret that the compiler has not favoured us with more. , • Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is rift bosom of 'God ; her voice the hurmony of the world : at! fhhigs tn heaven and earth do her homage... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807 - 668 pages
...the close of the first book of the Ecclesiastical Polity, which Sir William Jones has parodied : " Of Law, there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the " bosom of Got!, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in " Heaven and Earth do her homage, the very... | |
| Richard Hooker - 1807 - 524 pages
...admirable order wherein God hath difpofed all Laws, each as in nature, fo in degree, diftinct from other. Wherefore that here we may briefly end : Of Law there can be no lefs acknowledged, than that her feat is the bofom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all... | |
| Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pages
...profound sentiments expressed by the venerable Hooker, particularly in the following eloquent passage : " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her * The character which Cicero has gjiven of Hortensius, and the description of his own early studies,... | |
| 1813 - 486 pages
...desolating confusion. The blessings of law are the dictates of reason; and " of law," says Hooker, •• there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bo^om of God, her voice the harmony of the universe: all things in heaven and earth do her homage,... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...sable cloud, " Turn fo/th her silver lining on the night? " Milton's Comw. " Of law no- less can be acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God : her voice the harmony of the world." UooKUir. On these the learned .prelate of whom I have spoken remarks — " Of... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 606 pages
...departments, with the following encomium, conceived and expressed in a manner peculiar to himself: " Of " law there can be no less acknowledged, than that " her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the har" mony of the world. All things in heaven and " earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling... | |
| Sophocles - 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... | |
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