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" 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... "
Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ... - Page 291
by Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 579 pages
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 6

1824 - 604 pages
...also been said, that " of Law no less can be acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of GOB ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all' things in...least, as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power." {Hooker.) The Doctor and Student tell us that " Law is ordained to the health...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 20

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...
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Sermons Preached at the Annual Election

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...and the greatest as not exempt from her power ; both angels and men and creatures of what "Collect for Peace. tEcclesiast. polity, b. I. B condition soever,...
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Review of the Rev. Jared Sparks' Letters on the Protestant Episcopal Church ...

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...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power ; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each...
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The Important and Eventful Trial of Queen Caroline, Consort of ..., Parts 1-2

Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain) - 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...least as feeling " her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. ** Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition 41 soever, though...
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The Tragedies of Sophocles

Sophocles - 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...least " as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both " angels• and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 78

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...
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Fairburn's Edition of the Trial of Sir F. Burdett, on a Charge of a ...

Francis Burdett - 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...
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The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker: In Eight Books : Of the Laws of ..., Volume 1

Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton - 1821 - 392 pages
...laws, each as in nature, so in degree, distinct from other. Wherefore, that here we may briefly end . of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 22

1821 - 360 pages
...all maimed and discoloured. * The following is the passage in Hooker, alluded to by sir W. Jones : " Of Law, there can be no less acknowledged, than that...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power ; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each...
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