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 ;... Richard Hooker - Page 108by Vernon Staley - 1907 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Belsham - Great Britain - 1801 - 428 pages
...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 power. Both...with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of BOOK their peace and joy*." v^v-^>» That the general intentions of the British na- i 79*tion, or even... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1802 - 612 pages
...of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, — the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both...consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." p. 155. The apostrophe to Law is a sublime but very trite quotation* and uncle Toby affords,... | |
| James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 494 pages
...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Angels and men, creatures of every condition, though each in different sort and manner, yet all...consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." Before we descend to the consideration of the several kinds and parts of this science, so dignified... | |
| Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 340 pages
...sentiments expressed by the venerable Hooker, particularly in the following eloquent passage :. " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat...consent admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." Ecclesiastical Polity, b. i, ad finem.. By contemplating the characters and perusing the works... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...sentence, as a proof of energy and felicity of construction inferior to no subsequent attempts : " Of law, there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat...consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy f." The ease, simplicity, and sweetness, which mark the diction of the next example, together with... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...sentence, as a proof of energy and felicity of construction inferior to no subsequent attempts : " Of law, there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat...in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent,admiriugher as the mother of their peace and joyf ." The ease, simplicity, and sweetness, which... | |
| Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1805 - 340 pages
...than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world, all things in heaveifand earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her...consent admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." Ecclesiastical Polity, b. i, ad finem. By contemplating the characters and perusing the works... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Lawyers Great Britain Biography - 1806 - 618 pages
...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...consent, admiring her " as the mother of their peace and joy." shewing 203 shewing you the wrong side of the tapestry, with the same figures and flowers, but... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - India - 1806 - 636 pages
...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...manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her ff as the mother of their peace and joy." shewing shewing you the wrong side of the tapestry, with... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - India - 1806 - 566 pages
...power ; " both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different " son and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their " peace and joy." the original work of Mahadeva himself, from winch the prohibition of swearing by the water of... | |
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