 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 290 pages
...stormy days, when the principles of policy were summed up in my friend Mr Wordsworth's lines : — -the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Note VII. His plaited hair in elf-locks spread, <Jr.—... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 342 pages
...days, when the principles of policy were summed up in my friend Mr Wordsworth's lines: — — • " the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can,1' Note VII. If is plaited Jtair in elf-locks spread,... | |
 | 1825 - 868 pages
...that the biped should do even as it seemeth good in his own eyes by the quadruped. — For why — the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan That they should lash who have the power, And they should goad who can.— A new law, announcing a new view of these... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pages
...those that travel on the wind ! With them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mind. 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. A lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this which... | |
 | George Wilson Bridges - 1828 - 648 pages
...Spanish cattle and swine pens were stocked, and at their service : _____ The good old rule Sufficed them — the simple plan, That they should take, who...hare the power, And they should keep — who can. The first land-marauder was an Englishman, of the name of Scot, who sacked the town of Campeachy, and obtained... | |
 | 1828 - 496 pages
...volumes were laid on the table, he eagWrly turned to the title-page, where he read — " For why 7 because the good old rule Sufficeth them — the simple plan That they should take who ha?e the power, And they should keep who can." " Ladies and gentlemen," quoth the Author of the*... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 416 pages
...those that travel on the wind ; With them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mind. " 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. " A lesson which is quickly learn'd, A signal through... | |
 | James Webster - 1830 - 462 pages
...same with that prompted by the logic of our own favourite outlaw of the Highlands of Scotland :— " 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." Still, an engagement once made, of whatever nature... | |
 | James Webster - 1830 - 468 pages
...same with that prompted by the logic of our own favourite outlaw of the Highlands of Scotland :— " 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." Still, an engagement once made, of whatever nature... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 524 pages
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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. 
