 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
 | 1838 - 426 pages
...origin. The learned and pious Hooker has clothed this sentiment in the following beautiful language : " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempt from her power ; both, angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever,... | |
 | George Ensor - 1838 - 638 pages
...such precious fragments without deploring in so sublime a strain : — " Of law, no less can be said, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice...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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1891 - 580 pages
...is contained therein, that Hooker wrote the ever-memorable words : ' Her seat is the hosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in...Earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her cure, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.' \ * Martincaa, vol. ii. pp. 314-354. t ' Eccles.... | |
 | 1838 - 534 pages
...Hooker, particularly in the following eloquent passage : " Of Law, there can be no greater acknowledgment than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice, the harmouy of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage; the very least as feeling her... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1839 - 1066 pages
...says, "Her seat is the bosom of to the quantity of air in the room, the height of the ceiling, ! God. her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and the number of scholars. If the garments of the pupils are ] and earth do her homage, the very least... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1839 - 432 pages
...Hooker, may with strong propriety be applied to the system of legislation revealed in the Bible. " 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 condition soever, though each in... | |
 | Henry Dunn - 1839 - 238 pages
...fear and of love. LAAV (not caprice) must rule your school ; law, of which Hooker beautifully says, " Her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony...homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the very greatest as not exempted from Jier power ; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1888 - 1120 pages
...grand fact that the seat of law is " the bosom of God, and her voice the harmony of the world" ; that "all things in Heaven and Earth do her homage —...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempt from her power." Mr. Berrien, by earnest endeavor, patient research, conscientious study, and... | |
 | R. H. Charles - 1997 - 452 pages
...view of these old writers: 1 Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that . . . her voice ia the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and...do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempted from her power.' In Sir. 43 we have the glorification of the sun, moon,... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1897 - 132 pages
...origin — that induced Bishop Hooker to exclaim : " I bow with reverence before the majesty of the law. Her seat is the bosom of God; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and on earth do her homage; the very least, as feeling her protection; the greatest, as not above her power."... | |
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