 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 :...  English Prose (1137-1890) - Page 57edited by - 1909 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Belsham - 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 - 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...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, in another... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 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...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... | |
 | 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...admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." Ecclesiastical Polity, b. i, ad finem.. By contemplating the characters and perusing the works of the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 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...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 - 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...admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy." Ecclesiastical Polity, b. i, ad finem. By contemplating the characters and perusing the works of the... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 618 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...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 all... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 636 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...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 - 1806 - 566 pages
...book of the Ecclesiastical Polity, which Sir William Jones has parodied. " Of law, there can be BO less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom...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."... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807 - 668 pages
...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...creatures of what condition soever, though each in diffcr" ent sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her is '" the mother of their peace... | |
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