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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... "
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ... - Page 31
1903 - 1158 pages
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The New-York Review, Volume 2

Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1838 - 546 pages
...the soul of order, because it was meant to be the expression of the divine attribute of justice : " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempt from her power." If he looked at principles, consecrated by a long experience of their wisdom,...
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The New-York review [ed. by F.L. Hawks]. Wanting no.6,8, Volume 2

Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 pages
...the soul of order, because it was meant to be the expression of the divine attribute of justice: " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempt from her power." If he looked at principles, consecrated by a long experience of their wisdom,...
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The Rights of Animals: And Man's Obligation to Treat Them with Humanity

William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 pages
...CHAPTER II. THE OBLIGATION OF MAN TOWARDS THE INFERIOR AND DEPENDENT CREATURES. " Of Law no less can be acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God,...her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power."—HOOKER. " The essay required is one that shall morally illustrate and religiously enforce...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 3

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,...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 4

1838 - 822 pages
...whole world ? " Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her rest is in the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,...
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Natural Theology: The Arguments of Paley, Brougham, and the Bridgewater ...

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...
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 15

1838 - 534 pages
...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...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both angels and men, and creatures of (what condition soever, though each in different sort and mariner,...
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A Memoir of the Late Rev. William Black, Wesleyan Minister, Halifax. N.S ...

Matthew Richey - 1839 - 394 pages
...give up the Scripture doctrine of Providence ; " of which (in the words of the pious Hooker concerning Law) there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,...
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The Philosophy of Law in Historical Perspective

Carl Joachim Friedrich - 1963 - 309 pages
...praise for the law: "Of law there can be no less knowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God and her voice the harmony of the world: all things in...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power: both angels and men and creatures of what condition so ever, though each different in thought and manner,...
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Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Maryland State Bar ..., Volumes 8-9

Maryland State Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association. Meeting - 1903 - 410 pages
...we hold the Law in high honor. We like to roll from our tongues the sonorous sentences of Hooker : " Her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony...and the greatest as not exempted from her power," but must we not in all good conscience ask ourselves whether these words are true in our country to-day,...
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