 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...Shore," Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983). Ms. (New York, July 1978 and )uly/Aug. 1982). 12 The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, (1770-1850) British poet. "Rob... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour. 12832 'Rob Roy's Grave' bayed the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind who have the power, And they should keep who can. 12833 'Scorn not the Sonnet' Scorn not the Sonnet;... | |
 | James Leonard Bates - 1999 - 436 Seiten
...States was hurt. He shrank from having his country classed with those that, even in diplomacy, found The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan That they should take who have the power And they should keep who can. And yet these reservations, said Walsh, were supported... | |
 | William H. Goetzmann - 2000 - 172 Seiten
...was contained in the dictum of the gentle English romantic poet, William Wordsworth, who once wrote: The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can.1 A philosophy such as this was what made the eagle... | |
 | Daniel Philpott - 2001 - 356 Seiten
...of ideas, I take up in this chapter. The Decline of Armed Forces and Wealth, Not the Rise of Ideas "The good old rule, / Sufficeth them, the simple plan , / That they should take, who have the power, / And they should keep who can," ran an imperial ditty.1 Its obverse: They who... | |
 | Martha Banta - 2003 - 448 Seiten
...this world. If our British brethren are confident that Destiny is on their side it is doubtless — because the good old rule Sufficeth them; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. . . . British success may be for the interest of... | |
 | Lisa Marshall - 2004 - 282 Seiten
...bosses and gang leaders in our cities today. Wordsworth captured its essence in his poem about Rob Roy: For why? Because the good old rule Sufficeth them; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can — "Since then," said Robin, "right is plain, And... | |
 | John Reid - 2005 - 153 Seiten
...puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few: These find I graven on my heart: That tells me what to do. "The creatures see of flood and...peace of mind. "For why? — because the good old rule Suffices them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who... | |
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For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can. 
