| 单词 | lawgiver |
| 例句 | He was the lawgiver in our family and I never laughed in his presence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lawgivers of antiquity...legislated for single cities,” Adams observed, but “who can legislate for 20 or 30 states, each of which is greater than Greece or Rome at those times?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There’s the studio Father and the studio Son, the invisible Jewish lawgiver from on high and the overburdened, sinful, sacrificial lamb in wolf’s clothing laboring in the studio trenches. The Coen Brothers’ Marvellous “Hail, Caesar!” 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The empire reached its greatest heights under Suleiman I, known in the West as “the Magnificent” and among Ottomans as “the lawgiver” for his creation of a legal code that applied throughout the realm. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Congress are images of some of the greatest lawgivers of all time. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Here is another problem: One of the roles of a president or other leader is to function as a lawgiver figure, a type of parental figure for a society. Psychiatrist Justin Frank on Trump’s “God complex”: He is “erotically attached to violenc... 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z “In all the governments which were considered as beacons to republican patriots and lawgivers,” he said, “the rights of persons were subjected to those of property. The poor were sacrificed to the rich.” Stop GOP voter suppression — or else! 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The great lawgiver Donald Trump arose before the sun Tuesday pondering one of the finer points of jurisprudence and, at the tender hour of 5:24 a.m., composed his own mini law-review article on Twitter. Opinion | Donald Trump, constitutional scholar 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Even his name, which most interpret as a riff on Drake or the Draco AK-47 semiautomatic pistol, actually takes lineage from Draco, the famously harsh lawgiver of ancient Greece who inspired the adjective, "Draconian." L.A. rapper Drakeo the Ruler is a man in demand 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The noted lawgiver Hammurabi was also an able military leader, diplomat, and administrator of a vast empire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas said the high court should have taken up the case in order to reaffirm that the U.S. government has limited powers and is "not the world's lawgiver." U.S. high court rejects 'Dracula' sex trafficking case 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z He’s no King Solomon, but Kennedy, the perpetual swing vote, may be the dominant lawgiver of his day. Anthony Kennedy restores a liberal Supreme Court 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The upper walls are decorated with bas-reliefs depicting historical lawgivers including Moses, Edward I, Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon. America divided: Obama regrets era of 'rancor' in last State of the Union speech 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z On the one hand, the patriarch and lawgiver of the people of Israel symbolizes the need of people to keep alive their sense of unity by means of just legislation. Text of Pope Francis’ remarks before Congress 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z A frieze, designed by Adolph Weinman, on the north wall of the US Supreme Court depicts great lawgivers of the Middle Ages. How the “Ban” on Images of Muhammad Came to Be He noted that the court’s east pediment features, among the images of historic lawgivers, the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Tech-wary Supreme Court to finally join the digital age 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z In other news, Bachmann blabbered inanely in her farewell speech to Congress about how Moses, the “ultimate lawgiver” is watching over them and staring right into the eyes of the Speaker of the House. 6 worst right-wing moments of the week: Princeton mom says college rape is “clumsy hook-up melodrama” 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In another, Claire protests to the wife of a local lawgiver when she learns that a boy who stole a loaf of bread may lose his hand, thereby winning him a lighter sentence. A strong voice for women, from the 1700s At the time of lawgiver Hammurabi in the 18th century BC, it was central to the Story of Atra-hasis, the first Babylonian equivalent of our Noah. The Big Flood on the Big Screen 2014-03-27T14:54:07Z Charondas, a renowned lawgiver in ancient Sicily, entered the public assembly wearing a sword. Finding joy in the hypocrisy of others 2013-04-22T11:56:16Z According to the ancients, the lawgiver begins to civilize society and to earn veneration by establishing marriage and sanctifying the family. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Charles VIII. of France had made a triumphal entrance into the city, and Savonarola had become lawgiver. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z According to the Hindoo lawgiver, a woman has no god on earth but her husband, and no religion except to gratify, obey, and serve him. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Like Moses, he was at once lawgiver, priest, and warrior. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z To this principle of generalisation all wise lawgivers, and the systems of philosophers, owe their influence. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Each claimed divine authority; all had their lawgivers, priests, and prophets, who wrote, as they claimed, their bibles by divine inspiration. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Or, from the order in the universe, indicating, it is said, an orderer or lawgiver, whose intelligence we thus discern. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Moses, the statesman and lawgiver, “learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,” busied himself in tending “the flocks of Jethro, his father-in-law.” Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z It is dark with shadow, and full 401 of birds, and might afford a fitting retreat for meditation to another king and lawgiver. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The Greek lawgivers were accordingly most explicit in enjoining upon children the nurture and support of aged parents who could otherwise expect little from the younger generation. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Here we see the pen of some lofty and tender lawgiver, who has nothing in common with the savage chief who “breathed out threatenings and slaughter.” The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z In 1830, certain visions, given to the Jewish lawgiver Moses, were revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z They taught a school in conjunction, and aside from their duties as teachers, were, at times, "advisers, counsellors, lawgivers, milliners, mantuamakers, tailoresses and almoners." Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z There were mounts of Transfiguration in those days, upon which multitudes thought they communed visibly with lawgivers and prophets. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z The position of the budding lawgiver at Pharaoh's court was somewhat like her own, save in the important point that he had no father who loved fleshpots. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z After Mohammed and Ali they speak of Moses, Abraham, and Jesus as "Prophets," but of Moses as a lawgiver, and of Jesus as aught else but a healer, they seem quite ignorant. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z It was no lawgiver, for all taught the lawfulness of slavery till Christianity denied it. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Greece, too, with all her brave sons — her disinterested patriots — her wise and just lawgivers — where are they? Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z They were good diplomates, brave warriors, divine lawgivers, and they excelled in literary skill. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Finally, it is the kings who are celebrated as the lawgivers of the land, and this excludes any thought of a supremacy of priests. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z In that transaction he became undeniably prophet and lawgiver to the Nation. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Our phraseology has become softened, but our practice is merciless, and our lawgivers are Dracos, to a man. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It must surely be admitted that Jeremiah was a more competent authority for determining when the sceptre and a lawgiver departed from Judah, than Christians of the present day. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come." The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z In contrast to legislative reforms brought about by lawgivers entrusted with special authority, such as Draco, Solon and Ordinary course of legislation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z These things are parts of an ostensibly divine code, but lawgivers and people were alike mistaken. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z The first resemblance between the Persian and the Jewish lawgiver to which we would call attention, is the mythical nature of both. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z That neither the sceptre nor a lawgiver shall depart from Judah. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z These are always attributed to the mind of a single lawgiver. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The Laws of Plato are criticized in the Politics of Aristotle, who, besides discussing laws in their relation to constitutions, reviews the work of certain early Greek lawgivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Dee aimed at the entire change and subjugation of affairs, ecclesiastical and political, to the dominion of an unseen power,—a theocracy or millenium,—himself the sole medium of communication, the high priest and lawgiver. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z To the scholar, the Hebrew lawgiver is as apocryphal or fictitious a being as Hercules, Romulus, and our own king Arthur. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z This implies that at the time of the prophecy Judah had a sceptre and a lawgiver, which was not the case. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z Do you not believe that if our great lawgiver had lived in these times, and in this land, he would not have prescribed very different rules for our conduct?' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z His chief claim to fame, perhaps, is as a lawgiver. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Moses, our great lawgiver, says: 'Understand, therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not the good land to possess for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.' Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z When he visited District or County Conventions he came as a lawgiver, either to explain existing regulations, promulgate new ones, or obtain assent to those for which he wished to secure legislation. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z It is quite obvious that feelings of lamentable debasement arise in their hearts at the annual recurrence of this festival, strongly reminding them of the unhealthy, unnatural ordinance of their great lawgiver. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Its lawgivers are not the only men, nor its lawmakers the only ones, that make laws for them and give them charters. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Without such sanction no enactment of any later lawgiver, however salutary in itself, could aspire to general recognition. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Events had given him the seat of a lawgiver. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z The days of the prophets and the lawgivers are past. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z If she is ever happy, she is happy in spite of the cruel ordinances of her lawgiver, and the still more cruel usages and institutions of her country. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z You say such men may be tempted by ambition or covetousness unless they are bound by “the higher and more sacred responsibility” involved in the “recognition of the lawgiver in the oath.” The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle 2011-09-12T02:00:28.837Z These, it is believed, continued to remain faithful disciples of the great lawgiver. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z How astonished Roman lawgivers would have been if they could have heard Paul talking about justice and equity as applied to a slave! The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z And our immortal lawgiver orders us to raise the burden from the weary beast. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z How shamefully contracted were the views of the Hindoo lawgiver in respect of the progressive development of the human intellect! The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z And, finally, like a considerate lawgiver, he gave reason for his edict:— A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Like the patriarch in ancient times, he is the lawgiver and the judge; He is the guardian of domestic purity. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z And a little further on he says— There never has, since Solon's time, been seen A better lawgiver than Aristonicus. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z True it is that the simple story of the Hebrew lawgiver contains a more profound wisdom than the proudest productions of Greek and Roman philosophy. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.007Z Cursed be the name of the lawgiver who has made such a cruel ordinance, and cursed the society that has become a thrall to it! The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Mr. Howard is a distinguished man—a man of fortune, and of acknowledged talent—one of the lawgivers of the nation. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Before its ravenous demands the words of mother, teacher, priest and lawgiver were as chaff before the whirlwind—the Beast demanded his own! The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z How great in comparison was the influence of Moses as leader of Israel, emancipator, lawgiver, and prophet! Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Moses as lawgiver gives place to the Prophet whom the Lord would raise up to His people. Jesus Fulfils the Law 2011-06-15T02:00:17.640Z “Do you believe in God, and in Moses his lawgiver, and in the prophets his servants?” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z His lawgiver said to Moses, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live;” but if that teacher furnished any very clear definition of either witch or witchcraft, it has not come down to us. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The doctrines of the existence of a soul, and of its punishment or reward in a future state, were entirely unknown to the Jewish lawgiver. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z He was the first to regard Aristotle as the perpetual lawgiver of poetry. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Alas! once was he common friend To both—our lawgiver; what changed him so? Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z The philosopher is obliged, in the weightiest actions,–the moral,–to be his own lawgiver and law-keeper, without having the reasons therefor given him by his conscience. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z It is the sins of the lawgivers of the past that the poor are expiating to-day. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z What! golden lamp and cherub necessary for those who had seen the fires of heaven falling like a mantle on Mount Sinai, and its golden courts opened to receive their mortal lawgiver? The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z One, which might be called ethical, was derived from Horace, according to whom the poet was originally a lawgiver, or divine prophet; and this conception persists in modern literature from Poliziano to Shelley. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Appius Claudius, Chief of the Ten and lawgiver of the Romans. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Draco, a legislator of Athens, about 620 B.C., whose name has become proverbial as an inexorable and bloodthirsty lawgiver, and whose laws were said to have been written in blood, not ink. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z "Stern lawgiver, yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The spectacle of victorious Rome, the lawgiver of nations, engrossed his whole soul. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z What is a natural law without the presence and energizing power of the lawgiver? The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z This principle, as was said, is conceived as strictly a law, and therefore referred to a lawgiver, God, and provided with a sanction in its effects on the agent’s happiness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Poet, lawgiver, soldier, statesman, he was the wonder of the world, stupor mundi, as an English chronicler called him. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Natural Law is the reflection of the eternal plan of Divine Wisdom in the reason of man, we cannot distinguish different species of it according to difference of lawgivers or subjects. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z I inquire of my own heart, one view of the case makes me on the side of the English lawgivers. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z In the third place, there are others who believe that a law can have no efficiency without the presence and agency of the lawgiver. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Neither the Conqueror nor either of his sons had issued many ordinances: the invading Normans had little, if any, written law to bring with them, and had invaded a country where kings had been lawgivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The lawgivers took the alarm and sat themselves down to devise a remedy for the evil condition of affairs. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He left it to the wisdom of future lawgivers to apply the rule of justice to the relations between man and man, nation and nation, as circumstances would require. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z When this great fact is understood, the spurious, imaginary laws of matter—when matter is not a lawgiver—will be disputed and trampled under the feet of Truth. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z Who can show how a law operates but through the energizing influence of the lawgiver? The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z But we must remember that the Consulate was a hundred years since, and that for its day it wrought so beneficently that Bonaparte, First Consul, remains one of the foremost among all lawgivers and statesmen. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z As a lawgiver also Birger laboured strenuously in the interests of civilization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The former affect the person for whom the law is made, and oblige him even when he is outside the territory of the lawgiver. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z In Hindu mythology, gold is the essence from which the universe was created, and Manu, the ancient lawgiver, decreed that golden ornaments should be worn for specific ceremonies and occasions. Every Indian wedding adds to demand in world's biggest jewellery market 2010-10-09T23:08:00Z In my book It's All Greek To Me, I remarked upon the extraordinary fact that Solon, Athens's early and great lawgiver and economic reformer, was also a poet. Gordon Brown's Ode to Post Neo-classical Endogenous Growth Theory 2010-05-10T12:11:00Z In the first place, his signal success as a lawgiver was due entirely to the dazzling splendors of his victories. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z They were to all intents and purposes mere savages, kept in control by their priests and lawgivers, the Druids, whom they held in the greatest respect. Cathedral Cities of England But the lawgiver should not multiply temptations by demanding sworn statements unnecessarily; otherwise the oath becomes a mere formality deprived of proving value, and the crime of perjury is made common. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Mythology and ritual, as they had been moulded by poets or imposed by lawgivers, were intertwined with the whole life of the people and formed an essential element in the glory of Hellenic genius. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Of those reverend old senators I could also give you an account; but we who are soldiers, care not for lawgivers. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico The warning voice of such examples might well stimulate the ancient lawgivers to draw in with greater closeness the iron bond of custom. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 "Lead him away," said the stern lawgiver, unmoved by the prayers of the abject wretch. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Division.—According as the immediate lawgiver is God or man, laws are divine or human. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z If our lawgivers should fear the becoming neighborly with Dante's Cordelier, and therefore absolutely interdict more burials in London, still you are safe. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. This motive, however, does not betray the lawgiver into injustice: “the owner of the ox shall be quit”; the loss of his beast is his sufficient penalty. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus This prince was the great lawgiver of the Britons, and the greatest benefactor which the race had known since the days of Hu Gadarn. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition Charondas, a citizen of Catina, is famous as its lawgiver, but his date and his birthplace are alike uncertain; the fragments preserved of his laws show that they belong to a somewhat primitive period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Interpretation is a genuine explanation of the law, that is, one that states the meaning of the words of the law according to the intention the lawgiver had in mind when he chose them. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Now, by the Hebrew lawgiver, I thought That only in America such revenues Were decent deemed. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded So strongly do I feel on this point, that, were I a lawgiver, I would never award damages for a breach of contract, where the promise was made on a staircase. Jack Hinton The Guardsman What scene in the life of Moses, the lawgiver, reminds us of a gladiatorial show at Rome? The Handbook of Conundrums Our lawgivers re-established the law of marriage as being the only law suitable to mankind. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The lawgiver himself, even though not subject, is held to observe the laws he makes. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z His name has become proverbial as an inexorable lawgiver. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Surely, we say, if the operation of law accounts for everything, there must be a lawgiver. Some Essentials of Religion One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? The Bible Story Polytheism, on the other hand, with its idolatrous and immoral practices, appeared to the prophets and lawgivers of Israel to be, not a competing religion, but simply a falling away from God. Jewish Theology It depends on the intention of the lawgiver whether the time he prescribes for fulfillment is a limitation of the obligation or not. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Suicides of young wives would be far less frequent in China were this doctrine of the great lawgiver applied to marital life. Oriental Women Indulge, gentle reader, for once the doting of an old man, and give him leave to lay down his little system without arraigning him of arrogance or ambition to be a lawgiver. Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe She has that clairvoyance of the heart which supersedes all the stimulants of mottoes from Reynel or maxims from Rousseau; she has that "angel instinct" which is a juster lawgiver than Justinian. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 It was certainly not easy for prophet, lawgiver, or sage to dispel the popular belief in divine beings or powers, which primitive Judaism shared with other ancient faiths. Jewish Theology The intention of the lawgiver is known either from the words or purpose of the law, or from custom. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Not being a lawgiver like Solon, he could not stop the custom by statute, nor correct it by force, nor again dissuade men from it by his eloquence. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Three hundred years later, Alfonso X of Castile was not only a distinguished linguist and poet, but the greatest astronomer and lawgiver of his age. Cathedrals of Spain We are as lawgivers; we speak for Nature; we prophesy and divine. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse The Israelitish lawgiver could not have been altogether ignorant of the Egyptian or the Babylonian conceptions of the future world. Jewish Theology As to virtuous dispositions in fulfilling a law, it is to be observed that, while a good lawgiver always wishes them, he does not always require them as a duty of obedience. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z In adopting the constitution, the people acted as legislators, in the highest sense in which that word can be applied to human lawgivers. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery And the lawgivers will not see this marvelous attribute, lest their laws should be thrown to the winds. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music They are the great lawgiver, Moses, and the great prophet, Elijah. Training the Teacher However, since the sacrificial cult was always dominated by the priesthood in Israel as well as other nations, the lawgiver made no essential changes in the traditional practice and terminology. Jewish Theology In the strict sense, only those evils are punishments which are inflicted by the lawgiver against the will of the offender as a vindication of justice violated by the personal offense of the latter. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z It was planted on each side with laurels, which were intermixed with marble trophies, carved pillars, and statues of lawgivers, heroes, statesmen, philosophers, and poets. The Tatler, Volume 3 If the lawgivers had their way, any given composition would always be reproduced in precisely the same tempo, whensoever, by whomsoever, and under whatsoever conditions it might be performed. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music He had larger vision than had the great lawgiver, and he was well aware of that fact. Training the Teacher Yet it was in this period that China made its greatest progress in literature and religious reform, and that its great lawgivers appeared. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Why this conflict of the one great lawgiver, if these Canaanites were God's children through Adam? The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. What do you think of a man who knows no lawgiver but the General Court of Massachusetts, or the American Congress: no Justice but the Statutes? The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence What the lawgivers mean by this, is perhaps remotest of all from the Absolute in music. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music These points being noted, I must now inquire I. Whether by the natural light of reason we can conceive of God as a lawgiver or potentate ordaining laws for men? The Philosophy of Spinoza He asks the reader to indulge for once the doting of an old man while he lays down his remedy, and not to charge him with the ambition to be a lawgiver. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles Behind him stands Mnesicles, the architect of the Propylæ, with a plan of that work in his hand; next him is Solon, the lawgiver. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 He has the brevity but none of the ambiguity of the lawgiver. German Problems and Personalities The composers sought and found this form as the aptest vehicle for communicating their ideas; their souls took flight—and the lawgivers discover and cherish the garments Euphorion left behind on earth. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music Whether God ordained special laws for other nations also, and revealed Himself to their lawgivers prophetically, that is, under the attributes by which the latter were accustomed to imagine Him, I cannot sufficiently determine. The Philosophy of Spinoza To this principle of generalization all religious creeds, the institutions of wise lawgivers, and the systems of philosophers, owe their influence. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature I say, this brief summary,—given by Christ Himself, or by those who had seen Him,—of the mystery of His manifestation in the flesh,—throws light on the language of the Hebrew lawgiver. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford He who despises most things will be a lawgiver among them, and he who dares most of all will be most in right. Ivory Apes and Peacocks But the lawgivers require the interpreter to reproduce the rigidity of the signs; they consider his reproduction the nearer to perfection, the more closely it clings to the signs. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music The Athenians claimed Theseus as their greatest king and first lawgiver. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History For that legislature in all these cases acts only, as was before observed, in subordination to the great lawgiver, transcribing and publishing his precepts. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First “That shows the guid sense o’ our lawgivers,” replied Will, with a leer on his face. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative He knew the secrets of everybody, which everybody seemed willing that he should know; and he was one of the principal lawgivers of the turf. Records of Later Life And then the lawgiver chafes, and refers the creator to his own handwriting. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music Nobody could keep them, so they were set aside and forgotten, and confusion grew worse, till another wise lawgiver named Solon undertook to draw up a fresh code of laws for them. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Moses was not the first lawgiver of the world of nations. History of Human Society David--such is the salvation in store for the Church--is to be a witness, prince, and lawgiver of all the Gentiles who, with joyful readiness, shall unite themselves to Israel. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 But the lawgivers have done this for us, that we may try him before a Dublin jury, and there are hopes. The Landleaguers As matters stand to-day, the lawgiver has the best of the argument. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music Meanwhile in the old statehouse, dim as ghosts, Sat the lawgivers of Connecticut, Trembling beneath their legislative robes. Eighth Reader The Greek Government an Expanded Family.—The original family was ruled by the father, who acted as king, priest, and lawgiver. History of Human Society "Behold, I give him for a witness to the people, for a prince and lawgiver of the people." Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 I know nothing about the lawgivers," said Clayton, "but I have to say a word or two about the law. The Landleaguers We can therefore bestow our just and sincere admiration on the Jewish lawgiver's grand insight into nature, without discovering in it a so-called 'divine revelation.' Was Man Created? He is, as it were, to have the lawgiver wherever he moves or stands. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 The followers of Buddh have had five great lawgivers, and a sixth is daily expected. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha It is by obedience to the 'stern lawgiver,' Duty, that flowers gain their fragrance, and that 'the most ancient heavens' preserve their freshness and strength. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) We are willing to regard him as a teacher, but we will not regard him as our lawgiver, unless he agree with the New Testament and the law of nature.” The Canon of the Bible In the earlier sources Zarathustra composes his hymns in a natural manner; he is not an absolute lawgiver, but depends on princes for the carrying out of his views. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Along with the sceptre which shall not depart from Judah, the lawgiver is mentioned, for whom many would, quite arbitrarily, substitute the commander's staff. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 The land-hunger of neither class could be satisfied in a narrow island where the law and the lawgivers were in favor of the maintenance of feudal rights. The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths Zamna however was revered by the Mayas as their greatest lawgiver, and as the most active organizer of their powerful kingdom. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries Doubtless they had a high value as the productions of inspired lawgivers and men of a prophetic spirit; but the redaction to which he submitted them shows no superstitious reverence. The Canon of the Bible It was thus that Jehovah acted as the living lawgiver of his people, long before any written law existed. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The lawgiver shall not depart "from between his feet." Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 We are told by Horace, that the first efforts of lawgivers to civilise men consisted in strengthening and regulating these institutions, and fencing them round with rigorous penal laws. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations They become prophets, apostles, lawgivers to the human race. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Propitiation appeases the lawgiver; satisfaction meets the requirements of the law. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The name of Numa is significant, and denotes an organiser or lawgiver. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight Sceptre and lawgiver shall not depart from Judah until Shiloh come. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Of all great lawgivers, he was the most wise and just, and the truths he set down in the Julian Code are the foundation of modern justice. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Such proceedings must have been common enough in those days when witchcraft and demonology were elements with which rulers and lawgivers had to count at every turn. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome The inferior shall have the right, on the other hand, to demand something from the lawgiver. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The third phase of human evolution, therefore, is that of the emergence of the individual as the leader, lawgiver, teacher of mankind, each leader forming a goal for the emulation of all below. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The expression too, "He hath chosen Judah to be the ruler," is decisive against it; for this expression has an evident reference to the sceptre and lawgiver in Gen. xlix. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 The voice of his own conscience he took for the mysterious voice said to be heard in great crises by the lawgivers and priests of Israel. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story And some say also the demons; and the grave of our lawgiver Moses; and the ram of our father Abraham; and some say the tongs, the model of the tongs. Hebrew Literature He was the natural umpire between his adult offspring, he was their lawgiver and leader. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Manu and other lawgivers found the basis of caste rules in the traditions of an ancient Brahman tribe. India, Its Life and Thought A lawgiver who, from tenderness for laboring men, fixes the hours of their work and the amount of their wages, is certain to make them far more wretched than he found them. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) The "powers that be," or the ruling forces of the country are not seated alone at Washington and the State capitals; new and mightier lawgivers have arisen. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Woman is being so educated that she will feel herself capable of assuming grave responsibilities as lawgiver and administrator. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The highly wrought principles and moral maxims, which abound in the writings of the lawgivers and philosophers of China, have been sometimes cited to prove the existence of a superior system of institutions and laws. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Moses lived five hundred years before Homer's time; and the other prophets who came a long time after Moses were yet more ancient than any of the wise men, lawgivers, and philosophers of Greece. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life By some unwritten code of that strange lawgiver, the World, they were absolved of the necessity of spotlessness. The Dop Doctor He is the lawgiver, the maker as it were of the nation. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II She is the protector of national virtue; the rightful lawgiver in all our most sacred relations. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Karl Schmidt says, "Alfred, as victor in fifty-six battles, as lawgiver, as king and sage, as Christian and man, as husband and father, is rightly called—'The Great.'" History of Education He was, at one and the same time, a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life When the imagination alone is in good condition, but the intellect is defective, we have statesmen, lawgivers, magicians, dreamers of true dreams and occult artists. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Now this moral law, as revealed in the conscience, is not a mere autonomy--a simple subjective law having no relation to a personal lawgiver out of and above man. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles God is a lawgiver and man a transgressor, a rebel against his sovereignty. The New Theology The Americans have made the guardians of the law into watchers on the lawgiver, giving to the judiciary power to preserve the Constitution against the legislature. Lectures on the French Revolution This principle has, indeed, been repeatedly pronounced by ancient philosophers and lawgivers. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life They have no tribal government, accepting as temporary lawgiver some adept hunter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The new duke fought against the infidel in Spain, Egypt and Palestine, but is more celebrated as a lawgiver, a patron of letters and a founder of towns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" “By Me,” He says, “kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.” The Faith of Our Fathers She has never aspired to realms not granted to her by her lawgivers. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ They flame up high, illuminating the period and the lawgiver, and throw a glory into the dark prison tower, where an old man is growing gray and bent. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen He, the lawgiver of Stoke, had been thwarted. The Wonder And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated.” The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 And shall we suppose that, of all lawgivers, the Wisdom Incarnate alone left His Kingdom on earth to be governed without a head? The Faith of Our Fathers The future lawgiver then set out on his travels, visiting the other States of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and other countries, and returned to Sparta about the period of the first Olympiad, B.C. Ancient States and Empires He came that, after a life, which completely glorified the Father and upheld His holy law and vindicated God’s rights as the lawgiver, He might accomplish the great work of atonement. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future The bureaucrat who had never sworn by other economic lawgivers than Adam Smith and his followers, now accepts Professor Adolphus Wagner's ever-changing sophisms. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But he exhibited none of the great qualities of a born ruler and lawgiver; in the coarseness of his moral nature, a swineherd to the last. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Throw away general usage as a lawgiver, and this is the point which emerges. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II After having given this constitution to his countrymen, the lawgiver took his departure from Athens, for ten years, binding the people by a solemn oath to make no alteration in his laws. Ancient States and Empires But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12One is the lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. Zeus has them in mind when he speaks of Ægisthus, who is an example of the same sort of characters, and his fate is their fate according to the Olympian lawgiver. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary In regard to temporal affairs William was rather an administrator than a lawgiver. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History At Athens the lawgiver Solon established houses of shame by statute, and filled them with slave girls for whom there was no possible escape. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade He was great in every thing,—as orator, as historian, as statesman, as general, and as lawgiver. Ancient States and Empires These, like Aaron and Hur, upheld the lawgiver’s hands, and they, with others of a like kidney, soon changed the face of affairs. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Minos, the Judge, was the ancient king of Crete, where he was lawgiver and suppressed wrong-doing on sea and land. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Pliny rightly praises Trajan as the lawgiver and the founder of discipline, and Vegetius classes Augustus, Trajan, and Hadrian together as restorers of the morale of the army. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The greatest of lawgivers, Moses, made no compromise with vice. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade The pope was not merely the supreme lawgiver; he was the supreme judge. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The sceptre had departed from Judah, and the lawgiver from between his feet. John the Baptist Then he drops into the language of his sect and adds,— “To believe in Zoroaster as lawgiver, and to hold his writings sacred.” The Sympathy of Religions The best lawgivers in our colonies first became as little children.—Bancroft, A Lecture on the Study of History Solon was their lawgiver, and his laws tended much more to the refinement of the people, than those of Lycurgus, some of which were very cruel. A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. All this is preliminary to the story of the Russian lawgiver and his laws, which we have set out to tell. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The sceptre had departed from Judah, and the lawgiver from between his feet. John the Baptist Tell me the names of their lawgivers and historians, and if any classical antiquities are to be found in Paris. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 His modesty did not seem to stand in his way; and he now assumed the functions of the most powerful judge, lawgiver, and ruler of the two most influential Arabic tribes. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing He came to Athens in pursuit of knowledge while Solon was the lawgiver of that city. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Different from the sentiments of such were those which dictated the advice of Jethro, delivered in critical circumstances to the Hebrew lawgiver. The Ordinance of Covenanting When he spoke to Judah, he told him that kings and lawgivers should arise from among his children until the Saviour of the world should come. Child's Story of the Bible Dee aimed at the entire change and subjugation of affairs, ecclesiastical and political, to the dominion of an unseen power—a theocracy or millennium—himself the sole medium of communication, the high priest and lawgiver. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In the interests of playwriters and play-actors, I wish to see the playgoer—our dramatic lawgiver—be educated; and I think this might be done by means of a “Royal Dramatic Academy.” The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly To the Greeks and old Romans was it given to stand as the everlasting lawgivers of the beautiful. Overbeck Then I beheld Minos, the lawgiver of Crete, who held a golden sceptre in his hand and judged the dead. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece It was the great lawgiver, Lycurgus, who taught Spartan youths the commercial economy of theft and the virtue and advantage of lying. On the Vice of Novel Reading. Being a brief in appeal, pointing out errors of the lower tribunal. We need not be frightened if we discover traces of truth, traces even of Christian truth, among the sages and lawgivers of other nations. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion That is obvious to the prophets of Mendelism; but, whilst they admit this, they will have nothing to say to the lawgiver. Science and Morals and Other Essays In June, 1636, the lawgiver of Rhode Island, with five companions, embarked in an Indian canoe, and, sailing down the river, landed near a spring, on a sheltered spot, which he called Providence. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges "Law certainly begins in influence," said Reding, "for it presupposes a lawgiver; afterwards it supersedes influence; from that time the exertion of influence is a sign of party." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert From the lips of a lawgiver, in the seer’s vision, and in the prophet’s burden of reproof or consolation, the Divine spake, and the people heard and trembled. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 The motives of the lawgivers were canvassed without reserve. The History of Tasmania, Volume I This change has been effected by the taking of interest on Capital ... and it is not a little curious that all the lawgivers of Europe endeavoured to prevent this by Statutes—viz., The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg We meet," said the lawgiver, "on the broad pathway of good faith and good will. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Moses, for instance, was in trouble from his people all his life long, but to the end he was their lawgiver and judge. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) Jacob saw it: “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be.” The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 Have ye heard me the lawgiver condemning you? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning State legislatures, not troubling themselves at all about any previous law or lawgiver, allow dozens of causes—scores of them—as perfectly valid to put asunder those whom God has joined together. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother One is the Great Alfred, the illustrious king and lawgiver, in the south of England; the other is Bede, the venerable father of English history and English learning, in the North of England. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands With the numerous and minute hygienic enactments of the great Jewish lawgiver for the guidance of the people of Israel we are all familiar. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance It did not forbid the disinherison of direct descendants, inasmuch as it did not legislate against a contingency which no Roman lawgiver of that era could have contemplated. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society It is the scope and intention of the lawgiver, in giving out the law. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning In vain did lawgivers attempt to arrest this incessant struggle of conflicting passions by laws which were too weak for the purpose, because they were in too imperfect an accord with opinions and manners. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot The philosophic lawgiver, unable to penetrate the mystery of the empire of evil and misery in the world, was convinced that there is an equal and antagonistic power to the representative of light and goodness. The Superstitions of Witchcraft With a treasury empty and immovably averse to anything like decisive action, the astute lawgivers of Montgomery hesitated and doubted. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death As promptly as parliamentary forms and mysteries would allow, there was a bill under the astonished noses of honorable lawgivers, removing the seat of legislation from Slowburg and centring it in Fastburg. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy. who art thou that judgest another?” The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning There is a close kinship between the mighty lawgiver and the fishermen of Bethsaida. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. It is possible that this scientific method sometimes makes its author too bold a lawgiver. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The lawgiver is Nature, and Nature bids us to be just, strong, pure, and to seek the good of our fellows. The Chief End of Man This would be ascribing, to infinite wisdom, an indecision and a change of purpose, unworthy of the weakest human lawgiver. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings As ye ought to look on my example, so especially ponder that word and rule of practice and behaviour that I have left behind me, and given out as the lawgiver of the redeemed. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Not that the Supreme Being is the sole universal lawgiver in the sense of a creator of law, whose will alone determines the boundaries of right and wrong. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition For how many a lawgiver, and how many a hero, and how many a deliverer, and how many a saint are the world and the Church indebted to a watchful, loving, faithful, godly sister? The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony "Writer, sculptor, painter, musician, lawgiver—anything, so that he possesses the germ, the potential power to make others see, hear, or feel things as he does." Sonnie-Boy's People —Observe, dear Reader, the following points concerning this part of the divine testimony: 1, It is the Lord Jesus, our Lord and Master, who speaks this as the lawgiver of His people. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part Ye have given credit to God the judge and lawgiver, pronouncing a curse on you, and a sentence that ye have hearts desperately wicked,—now, believe also in me, the Redeemer. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The system of law delivered by Moses to the Jews deserves, therefore, the most careful study at the hands of all who believe him to have been a divinely commissioned lawgiver. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition To be a prophet or the lawgiver of a nation is not within your province and mine. The Essentials of Spirituality Meanwhile in the old State-House, dim as ghosts, Sat the lawgivers of Connecticut, Trembling beneath their legislative robes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 They make you sick at the stupidity of the human race, at the stupidity and brutality of the lawgivers. Woman Her Sex and Love Life Having constituted Captain Samson our governor, pastor, and lawgiver, it has occurred to me that we might, with great advantage to ourselves, institute a college of learning, and, without delay, elect professors. Philosopher Jack Time itself, which works such mighty changes in all things, produces a state of circumstances not in the mind of the lawgiver. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition His chief work, however, was to act the unwonted, and, we may add, unexpected work of a lawgiver. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole By thee kings reign, and lawgivers decree justly. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I But he hoped much, at this time, from the Parliament, that "select assembly," containing so many "worthy senators" and "Christian reformers," "judges and lawgivers." Milton The cry of the infant Moses attracted the attention of Pharaoh's daughter, and gave the Jews a lawgiver. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The genesis of the world, as related by this famous historiographer, geographer, naturalist, theologian, and lawgiver, plainly shows this. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals The great God Ahroomazda, He it is who has given this world and who has given life to mankind, who has made Xerxes both king and lawgiver of the people. Modern Persia No, no, sister, nature is the first lawgiver, and when she has set tempers opposite, not all the golden links of wedlock nor iron manacles of law can keep 'em fast. The Beaux-Stratagem The cry of the infant Moses attracted the attention of Pharoah's daughter, and gave the Jews a lawgiver. Pushing to the Front And thou, my light, accept me howsoever; Lay in the mid bed, there be my lawgiver. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Around each house was a picket fence, and the forms of the dooryards and gardens were regulated by the village lawgivers. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year Then he publicly announced that he had a command from God, and had been given the divine office as prophet and lawgiver. Modern Persia We sometimes think of the teacher as a lawgiver, and of the learner as one who with docility receives what is graciously given. By the Christmas Fire For when millions are equally subject to one law, it makes little difference if they are also subject to one lawgiver; the general social life is a level. A Short History of England We must not, however, suppress the fact that, under certain circumstances, a lie was allowed, or, at all events, excused by Indian lawgivers. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge So that looking back to those earlier days, the great lawgivers like the Manus were at once Kings and Priests. London Lectures of 1907 "But Moses was the first lawgiver to forbid taking the nether millstone as a pledge," objected Robin. The Master-Knot of Human Fate Sometimes by mere force of terse idiomatic language he rises into real poetry, as it was understood in the days when Pope and Dryden were our lawgivers. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Such was genius, and such was literature, in the representation of their first great lawgiver. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 This contention would make it appear that there is a law outside and anterior to the divine edicts, and God does not serve the purpose of the theist since he is not the ultimate lawgiver. The Necessity of Atheism It has always given me the most heartfelt delight, that the wisest and most humane of the lawgivers of antiquity—Solon—was a merchant. Strife and Peace But the fact is, that not the anti-Christian character of the offence so much as its greater frequency, and the consequent extension of a civil mischief was the ruling consideration with the lawgiver. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Walpole was nervously anxious to keep out of their jurisdiction, and to sit at the feet of such refined lawgivers as Mason and Gray, or the feebler critics of polite society. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) No matter what the profession or calling of these Persians—whether they were lawyers or lawgivers, grammarians or warriors—they all, or almost all, adored verbal felicity and tried their hands at verse. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions Wherefore, as to others, one is a lawgiver, another is a priest, another is a king; but all these concur in Christ, as the fount of all grace. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The Jews still maintain their integrity to the observance of this command of their ancient lawgiver. Plain Facts for Old and Young Muhammad himself scorned metrical rules; he claimed as an apostle and lawgiver a title higher than that of soothsayer and poet. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature It is to us to-day a matter of profound gratitude that these the earliest American lawgivers were eminently worthy their high vocation. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective He was at one and the same time a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, a historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect. A Smaller History of Rome Plutarch begins his biography of Lycurgus with the following ominous words: 'Concerning the lawgiver Lycurgus, we can assert absolutely nothing, which is not controverted. Apologia pro Vita Sua Dryden had set the example of looking upon the French critics as authoritative lawgivers in poetry. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series They looked up to him as their great benefactor, and lawgiver: for they held their laws as of divine original. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) How came the world to be under law without a lawgiver? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Necessity can not be unjust, or the Great lawgiver would be unjust, 831-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Finally, at the close of his life, he is transferred to the underworld, and the great human lawgiver becomes the judge of the dead in Hades. The Sea-Kings of Crete The independent Prophets are the lawgivers and the founders of a new cycle. Some Answered Questions They were courts of justice; whence she is often spoken of as a lawgiver. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Of what possible use would the Christian code of morals be without the authority of Christ, the lawgiver? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Four great statesmen, organizers of the right, embalmed in stone, look down upon the lawgivers of France as they pass to their hall of legislation, silent orators to tell how nations love the just. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry In time this district came to be known as "Mosby's Confederacy," and, in the absence of any effective Confederate States civil authority, Mosby became the lawgiver and chief magistrate as well as military commander. Rebel Raider St. Augustine, first archbishop and lawgiver of Canterbury, himself of African descent, the son of Monica and Patricius of Carthage, had left the Anglo-Saxon from semi-barbarism to his position of world renown. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The inconsistency is as gross in Augustine and Calvinism as it is in the Arabian lawgiver and the creed of the Sunnees. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Every lawgiver of note professed to have communication with heaven, Zoroaster, Minos, Pythagoras, Solon, Lycurgus, Numa, Mohammed, down to the chief of the recent revolution in China. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity His influences live, and the great Future will obey; whether it recognize or disown the lawgiver. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry On the contrary we find his prophets and lawgivers battling with all their force against such aspects of Pantheism as they found about them. Modern Religious Cults and Movements Their original lawgiver had taught them that they were all brethren, one of another.... The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918 Is the sin measured by the dignity of the lawgiver, or by the responsibility of the law breaker? The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life We demand a lawgiver—an agent—a force, capable of producing effects. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity It was because I had heard from our lawgiver here about the beautiful Samian girl you have borne home among your share of the spoils. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 But out of the immeasurable wealth of His teaching apostolic thinking naturally appropriated and made most of what was nearest in line with the prophets and the lawgivers of their race. Modern Religious Cults and Movements I answer that, Precepts of law are directed to the end intended by the lawgiver. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Now you great debater and future lawgiver, what do you say to this offered reward? Dr. Dumany's Wife He further declares that "this lawgiver must be more than man, that he may teach us the things man can not know by his own nature." Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The best lawgivers in our colonies first became as little children.—BANCROFT, Lectures on Modern history Thales was famed for his wisdom and political abilities: he was withal a lyric poet, who under colour of exercising his art, performed as great things as the most excellent lawgivers. Ideal Commonwealths One is that punishment should be mitigated in accordance with the lawgiver's intention, although not according to the letter of the law; and in this respect it pertains to equity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This is as in the original, as is the inconsistent hyphenation of the words “lawgiver” and “twofold”. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Surely such a caricature of justice, such an outrage upon reason, was never contemplated by British law or lawgiver. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Great Jove, the host's lawgiver, bless this day To these my Tyrians and the Trojans all. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Solon, lawgiver and poet, had heard it from the priests of the goddess Neïth or Athene at Sais, and had begun to shape it into a heroic poem. Ideal Commonwealths For the intention of a lawgiver is "to make the citizens virtuous in respect of every virtue," as stated in Ethic. ii, 1. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province All our jurisprudence is based upon the laws given to the Jews by their leader and lawgiver. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul The influences by which the lawgiver of Israel was so early surrounded, we are willing to accept as a divine attestation to the power and value of female culture in the formation of the character. Notable Women of Olden Time He was our captain to lead us from our native soil to unknown lands, our lawgiver and our preserver. The Last Man Of these improvements the lawgiver was the cause; for the workmen having no more employment in matters of mere curiosity, showed the excellence of their art in necessary things. Ideal Commonwealths In such cases even the lawgiver himself would decide otherwise; and if he had foreseen the case, he might have provided for it by law. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province She is the natural lawgiver, the supreme ruler. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul High was the honour allotted him as the deliverer and the lawgiver of Israel—still higher that as the prophet of the Lord. Notable Women of Olden Time Now those who are subject to a law may receive a twofold inclination from the lawgiver. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Now for our travelling from hence into parts abroad, our lawgiver thought fit altogether to restrain it. Ideal Commonwealths But it happens sometimes that even if the lawgiver himself were present he would judge otherwise. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province In the matter of legislation, he dreams of a body of high-minded lawgivers, just, wise, unselfish, and not of legislators as they commonly are. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum In return, the Israelites swear to worship him, to serve him, to obey him in everything as a lawgiver, a judge, and a sovereign. History Of Ancient Civilization Therefore it is unreasonable to divide laws according to the names of lawgivers, so that one be called the "Cornelian" law, another the "Falcidian" law, etc. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition These would remain immovable, as founded in inclination, and be the strongest and most lasting tie; and the habits which education produced in the youth, would answer in each the purpose of a lawgiver. Ideal Commonwealths Wherefore in such cases judgment should be delivered, not according to the letter of the law, but according to equity which the lawgiver has in view. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It forms as well the opportunity for the demagogue of to-day—for him who as suppliant for votes is a wheedler and as politician and lawgiver a trickster. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum All the wise institutions of lawgivers and all the doctrines of sages had perished in the ear, like a dream related, if letters had not preserved them. Dialogues of the Dead Such an act always proceeds from virtue: and it does not come under a precept of law, but is the end at which every lawgiver aims. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition For whatever either lawgivers or philosophers uttered well, they elaborated by finding and contemplating some part of the Word. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself Alfred proved himself to be more than mere ruler, for he was also a lawgiver and teacher as well. The Leading Facts of English History It is the solemn farewell of the aged lawgiver to the people whose leader he had been for the space of forty years. Companion to the Bible In that State a man shall need Neither priest nor lawgiver: Those same slips that are his creed Shall confess their worshipper. The Astonishing History of Troy Town But if anyone disregard the letter of the law, saying that he observes the intention of the lawgiver, he seems to pass judgment on the law. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition A great man rises who founds a dynasty; a great thinker, who publishes new truths; a great lawgiver or statesman, who establishes a new social system. The Quest of the Simple Life That was the aim of Moses and of other good lawgivers, of the wise men who founded religious orders, and above all of Jesus Christ, divine founder of the purest and most enlightened religion. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil I do not ask whether law implies a lawgiver; you will assert it, and I shall not gainsay it: it is at present immaterial. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Is it not true that parents are the lawgivers of their children? The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies Therefore it is not right for one who is under the law to disregard the letter of the law, in order to observe the intention of the lawgiver. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition But the character of the lawgiver assures them, that the intention of his laws are perverted, when misapplied to persons, who, under their circumstances, take refuge in his ports. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 When his "doctrine and discipline" shall have been sanctioned by lawgivers, we may be sure that the world is already much better, or much worse. Life of John Milton This measure marks the culmination of Edward's activity as a lawgiver. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) He became the lawgiver, the founder of classicism, the formulator of the academic ideal. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects Therefore they have no right to interpret the intention of the lawgiver, but should always act according to the letter of the law. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition At length, however, he was prevailed upon to consult the oracle of Shamash, the solar lawgiver, the revealer of destiny. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The conception of the world as given in Genesis on which the law of Moses, the great Hebrew lawgiver, was founded. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Like Colonel Thompson, they know the world needs honest lawgivers not pious ones, but unlike him, they won't say so. An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles Jehovah is the one supernatural power, the creator and lawgiver and immediate cause of all the workings of nature. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Therefore we should not judge of the intention of the lawgiver otherwise than by the words of the law. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The Brahmans were not only the priests and philosophers, but also the lawgivers, the men of science and the poets of their race. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The Druids were eminent above all the philosophic lawgivers of antiquity for their care in impressing the doctrine of the soul's immortality on the minds of their people, as an operative and leading principle. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The other is the place in the same part of the country where the body of Mahavira, one of the twenty-four lawgivers, was burnt about six centuries before Christ. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood It is the duty of these lawgivers to consider the matters that concern the affairs of both countries equally. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 55, November 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Lycurgus, the reputed Spartan lawgiver, is credited with the construction, about B.C. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 He is still the lawgiver and the judge, dictating according to his own judgment, and deciding according to his own conviction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us. The Ship of Stars There are three state departments, whose officers are responsible for their work to the Delegations, as the third body of lawgivers is called. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 55, November 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Since then the lawgiver cannot have in view every single case, he shapes the law according to what happens most frequently, by directing his attention to the common good. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition In this case, however, he who profits from the plunder is not responsible for it; it is the law, the lawgiver, society itself, and this is where the political danger lies. Essays on Political Economy It values property, because property is for the comfort and good of all, and not merely plunder, to be wasted by a few irresponsible lawgivers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 But higher sanction was given it by the lawgiver, and the highest by the re-enactment of the Decalogue by Jesus Christ. The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers It was not Moses, the lawgiver, through whom they entered and not by their own strength. The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods Hence it was necessary that in the Old Law certain things should be set forth to indicate the authority of God the lawgiver: e.g. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition If it is true that a great prince is a rare thing, how much more so must a great lawgiver be? Essays on Political Economy The wise lawgivers, the dread administrators, the unconquerable soldiers have gone with the snows, and their very names seem to have been writ in water. Side Lights Man alone perceives and deduces law from a thousand facts, and concludes a lawgiver from the law, and one Lord and Giver of Life "from the unity and universality of force." The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the re-claiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) Now the intention of every lawgiver is directed first and chiefly to the common good; secondly, to the order of justice and virtue, whereby the common good is preserved and attained. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition His great gifts as a lawgiver and statesman are little known or spoken of. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon I do not say, Sir, that a form of words alters the nature of the law, or abridges the power of the lawgiver. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) He was indeed father and lawgiver to this people. The Cathedral They, in virtue of their office, ought not to be, and they have the highest authority for not claiming to be, judges or lawgivers. Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War If therefore there be any precepts which contain the very preservation of the common good, or the very order of justice and virtue, such precepts contain the intention of the lawgiver, and therefore are indispensable. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The framers of such a bill must be content to inherit the honours of that Athenian lawgiver whose edicts were said to be written not in ink but in blood. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals A Galilean peasant was announced to the world as a divine lawgiver. Evidence of Christianity An awful soul, stem and terrible as Michael Angelo conceived him, the sublime genius carving the sublime lawgiver in congenial marble. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It is at once an abstract and an interpretation of Jewish law for the Greek world, and also an ideal biography of the Jewish lawgiver. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Now the precepts of the decalogue contain the very intention of the lawgiver, who is God. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Wherefore my curse Prevails against thy prayer for Thebe’s throne, If ancient Zeus, the eternal lawgiver, Have primal Justice for his counsellor. The Seven Plays in English Verse It was not long, however, before the enemies of the institution found means to represent it to the people as tending to subvert their law, degrade their lawgiver, and dishonour their temple. Evidence of Christianity Renowned for its discoveries in art and science, it was the world's university; where Moses and Pythagoras, Herodotus and Plato, all philosophers and lawgivers, went to school. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Intuitively, the lawgiver and prophets of the Hebrew race had attained a conception of monotheism to which the greatest of the Greek philosophers had hardly struggled by reason. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria But the intention of the lawgiver is directed chiefly to make men virtuous, as stated in Ethic. ii: and it belongs to a virtuous man to act virtuously. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition By some of the eminent lawgivers there it was feared as a scourge; by others it was wielded as a weapon, and by a third set it was employed as a threat. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Some stain pollutes the morals or the morality of almost every other teacher, and of every other lawgiver.* Evidence of Christianity But he does not offer low and sensual rewards; he does not, like so many lawgivers, promise to his followers riches, pleasures, conquests, power. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Moses is not only the divinely inspired legislator, but he typifies also the perfection of the human soul, the highest example of the man at one with God, supreme as king, lawgiver, priest, and prophet. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria And therein were the tables of the Testament, to denote that Christ Himself is a lawgiver. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The reasons alleged by each of the dissenting lawgivers were interesting. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Solon, our ancient lawgiver, thought the coward should be liable to the same penalties as the man who refuses to serve or who has quitted his post. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) If he look at the past he is an inspired historian; if at the present, an inspired lawgiver, or religious teacher; if at the future, an inspired prophet. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It is curious to observe that the great Laconian lawgiver arranged the sacrifices differently to those of Rome. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Among the most illustrious benefactors of mankind, as statesmen, lawgivers and patriots, stand Moses, David, Solon, Numa Pompilius, Zoroaster, Confucius, Justinian, Charlemagne, Cromwell, Washington and Lincoln. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 He profoundly regretted the decision of the lawgivers, but, recognizing that it was immutable, bowed to it in the name of his country. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference It would have been thought a madness amongst the ancient lawgivers to have set a punishment upon the lie given, which in effect is but a word of denial, a negative of another's saying. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) And others he places amid visions of religious truth, and they are inspired prophets, lawgivers, and evangelists. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Thus the Führer becomes the administrative head, the lawgiver, and the highest authority of justice in one person. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado These things were due to the lawgiver; for the workmen, who were not allowed to make useless things, devoted their best workmanship to useful ones. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I They let in an unpleasant light on some of the whippers-up of lucre at the expense of principle, who flocked around the dwelling-places of the great continent-carvers and lawgivers in Paris. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The central figure is Moses—not the horned athlete we are apt to think of when we associate the great lawgiver with marble, but staid and stately in full drapery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Outstrip him as a lawgiver, whom in arms you overcame! The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson In consequence of the National Socialist revolution, the Reich took on the legal form of a totalitarian state and received a supreme and completely authoritative lawgiver in the person of the Führer. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado Considering education to be the most important and the noblest work of a lawgiver, he began at the very beginning, and regulated marriages and the birth of children. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I It was the desire of the eminent lawgivers that the source of the most beneficent reforms chronicled in history should be as well hidden as those of the greatest boon bestowed by Providence upon man. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Judaism had the one lawgiver who beheld God, while the people tarried below. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) To mankind in general Buddha came only as an adviser and a friend; but, as regards his own priesthood, he assumes all the authority of a lawgiver and chief. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 Fascism, in short, is not only a lawgiver and the founder of institutions, but an educator and a promoter of the spiritual life. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado From which it is clear that he possessed a great reputation even before he became the lawgiver of Athens. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I But after all, it is less as a poet than as a critic, "the lawgiver of the French Parnassus," that the world has always known Boileau, Before him the art of criticism had hardly existed. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 We have no privileged class or caste now; no fences to keep out the mob from the place of vision, while lawgiver and priest gaze upon God. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Christ was king and lawgiver, governor and administrator. The Last Reformation Even granting this hypothesis, history and research have proven the wisdom and utility of the Jewish Sabbath, as established by the great lawgiver, Moses. Strange Visitors And yet Minos is said to have been a king and a lawgiver, and Rhadamanthus to have been a judge under him, carrying out his decrees. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I However, since the imperial lawgivers evidently believed that the necessities of life were being sold at exorbitant rates, the maximum which they fixed was very likely no greater than the prevailing market price. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature It cut off from a great throne earth's greatest jurist, the Hebrew lawgiver, and led him instead to be allied to a race of slaves. Quiet Talks on Prayer Antonyms: unlawfulness, illegality. lawing, n. litigation, lawsuit. lawless, a. anarchical, riotous, mobocratic, licentious. lawlessness, n. anarchy, unrestraint, abandon, mobocracy, license, riot. lawmaker, n. legislator, lawgiver, Solon. lawmaking, n. legislation. lawsuit, n. litigation, case, suit, action. Putnam's Word Book The sailor and traveller … the anatomist chemist astronomer geologist phrenologist spiritualist mathematician historian and lexicographer are not poets, but they are the lawgivers of poets and their construction underlies the structure of every perfect poem. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Moreover, they constituted Solon supreme reformer and lawgiver, not over some departments only, but placing everything alike in his hands; magistracies, public assemblies, senate, and law-courts. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I In plain English, my Lord Earl, the deep and irreconcilable disaffection of this people to all British laws, lawgivers, and law administrators shall find a voice. Speeches from the Dock, Part I I see a necessity, in the character of Jesus, why Abraham should have been the founder of his nation, Moses its lawgiver, and David its king and poet. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II This superstition of a continual capricious disorder in nature, of a lawgiver who was also a lawbreaker, made atheists in all directions among clever and lightminded people. Back to Methuselah He is called the inventor of inductive reasoning, the reformer of logic, the lawgiver of the world of thought; but he was no one of these. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Moses had led them out of Egypt, and Moses now became their lawgiver. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations It is the purpose of the lawgiver to bring about happiness, and to provide all good things divine and human. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself, the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment. A Textbook of Theosophy When we see matter acting by law, then if there is no Creator, we have the to us unthinkable proposition of law without a lawgiver! Creation and Its Records He was again a member of the Finance Committee; but financiering by those wise lawgivers was no longer so lightsome and exuberant a task as it had been. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I What nation," it was justly asked by their lawgiver, "hath statutes and judgments so righteous as the law which I set before you this day? Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold The moral law can have no authority unless emanating from a lawgiver. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The Emperor of Russia is the supreme lawgiver in his own country, and, for aught I know, the executor of that law also. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Conscience and imagination were the pioneers who made earth habitable for the human spirit; they are still its lawgivers and where they have lodged their treasures, there is wisdom. Heart of Man The Persian lawgiver Zoroaster, who, if we can take his word for it, derived his code from the mouth of the supreme being Ahura Mazda, devoted special attention to the subject. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul The Indian lawgiver, Manu, recommends that a Bráhman should choose for his wife a young maiden, whose gait was like that of a phoenicopter, or flamingo, or even like that of a young elephant. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama The moral law can have no authority unless imposed by a superior, as a law emanating from a lawgiver. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics But, thanks be to God, he is not the supreme lawgiver or executor of national law, and every offence against that is an offence against the rights of the civilized world. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Christ as head of the church was her absolute lawgiver, and thus saith the Lord, was all she dare demand. Half a Century There were arbitration courts where the lawgivers decided on penalties, and whose decisions were enforced by the assemblies. What's the Matter with Ireland? It was recognized as a legal marriage by Manu and other lawgivers, though it is difficult to say in what respect it differed from unlawful cohabitation. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama This is attested by all lawgivers in their respective cities; all of them shape the characters of their respective citizens, by enforcing habitual practice. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics If my lord comes as a lawgiver," said the cardinal, "he may spare himself the journey. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The Greek writers, ignorant of the revelations of anthropology regarding the evolution of human habits, assumed such customs to have been originated by particular lawgivers. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Shall this be the state of the English nation; and shall her lawgivers behold it without regard? The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces We read that Solon, the Athenian lawgiver, first established particular regulations for its government. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 With the sword in one hand and mercy in the other, he traversed Germany as a conqueror, a lawgiver, and a judge, in as short a time almost as the tourist of pleasure. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Moses was the lawgiver, Aaron the priest, and Miriam the seer. Woman: Man's Equal The Lawgiver of the New Testament, like the lawgiver of the Old, has given to us two tables of stone. The Teaching of Jesus What is the answer of the experienced lawgiver? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 On this subject the lawgiver could have learned nothing in Egypt. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 385, August 15, 1829 How, Jack, could I have improved upon Lycurgus's institutions had I been a lawgiver! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 You and I, my dear friend, have been sent into life at a time when the greatest lawgivers of antiquity would have wished to live. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers The most important instrument in education is the law; the function of the lawgiver is to connect public and personal welfare by means of rewards and punishments, and thus to elevate morality. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time But if the intention of the framer of the law is what is to be looked at, then it is he, and not his adversaries, who relies on the meaning of the lawgiver. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 She saw how she had depended on the priest of Domrémy, as he had been the lawgiver and the leader of her life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 The true meaning of words is always to be ascertained by the subject to which they are applied and the known general intent of the lawgiver. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable lawgivers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus. Frankenstein He is our lawgiver; it is in virtue of his wisdom that from small beginnings—perception and need—the most splendid results, science and morality, are developed under the hands of man. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time This notion was highly favorable to habits of obedience, and it enabled the subject to complain of the law without ceasing to love and honor the lawgiver. Democracy in America — Volume 1 From thence God brought them out with a mighty hand and stretched out arm by Moses their lawgiver; and with many miracles and signs made he known unto them his power. Barlaam and Ioasaph The true meaning of words is always to be ascertained by the subject to which they are applied and the known general intent of the lawgiver. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan Therefore they chose Agesilaus as a sort of new lawgiver for the occasion. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans |
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