 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 710 Seiten
...Williams. . 664 THE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF MR. W. DICKES. 4 \ ROB ROY. ROB ROY. For why? Because the good old rule Sufficeth them; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And the; should keep who can. Hob Roy'a Gravt. — WORDSWORTH. INTRODUCTION—... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 728 Seiten
...Hall, Nottinghamshire Barber . . . . Armstrong . 537 ton J. Burnet. . . J. Williams. . 664 R 0 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 ean. Hnb Roy'i Grave. — WORDSWORTH. INTRODUCTION—... | |
 | 1843 - 1278 Seiten
...anxiety to accommodate our diplomacy to the primitive ideas of those with whom we had to deal — " the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can" — was assumed as the basis of our proceedings :... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 Seiten
...for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. And, puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinetions that are plain and few : These find I graven on my...For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth tin-m, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can. A... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 Seiten
...little regard to the nice distinctions of meum and luum — as Wordsworth sings at Rob Roy's grave — "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." The Fortress of Rheinfels, the most extensive ruin... | |
 | Young tradesman - 1845 - 300 Seiten
...at least, nothing but powerful and sanguinary laws would be able to prevent anarchy and confusion. " 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." I am ashamed to say, that some employers are actuated... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 548 Seiten
...they should keep their fingers out of our pockets. But they must fatten on the pros" perity of others. "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." Such an accusation on the part of Mr. Clay, shows... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1847 - 580 Seiten
...the present day advocate a community of goods, or a return to the primitive system of scramble : ' 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.' On what principle — we once more ask — is the... | |
 | 1849 - 606 Seiten
...me what to do. " ' The creatures see of flood and field, And those that travel on the wind With thee no strife can last; they live In peace, and peace...Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.1" . Whether a plan similar to the one we have delineated... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 Seiten
...travel on the wind ! With them no strife can last ; they lire In peace, and peace of mind. For why I — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who lia ve the po« er. And they should keep who can. A lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this... | |
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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. 
