 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...  The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth - Page 361by Edwin Percy Whipple - 1869 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 446 pages
...some such abstract an idea of law as Hooker, in a subsequent reign, tbus sublimely expressed : — " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and canh do her homage; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power:... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...sublime personification of the law, which terminates the first book of his Ecclesiastical Politic. " 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 condiiion soever, though each in... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1833 - 388 pages
...cause and effect in physics. And thus, with equal eloquence and truth, the venerable Hooker has said, ' Of Law, there can be no less acknowledged, than that...homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the very greatest as not exempted from her power ; both angels and men and creatures of what condition... | |
 | 1834 - 410 pages
...the utterance of a voice, which "fit audience finds" in "natures preconfigured to its influence." " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what sort and condition... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...imposture, has too often his virtue more impaired than his fortune. — DR. JOHNSON. The seat of Law is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the...do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever,... | |
 | Henry Junius Nott - 1834 - 238 pages
..."Of law," says Hooker, " there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is thfe bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempt from her power : both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1834 - 298 pages
...arrow in the quiver of cruel and cowardly oppressors. "Of Law," says Bishop HOOKER, "no less can be acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God;...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... | |
 | 1835 - 1040 pages
...comprehensive sense, including within it Constitution and Administration. " Of Law," says Hooker, " there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempt from her power ; both angels and men and crea— tures of what condition soever, though each... | |
 | 1840 - 316 pages
...punished ; if he was innocent, the law would acquit him ; that law . of whom it has been said by Hooker, that her seat is the bosom, of ; , God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaveo. • and earth do her homage ; the very least, as feeling her care, and the greatest as not... | |
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