 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831 - 558 pages
...ROB ROY. PRINTED BY J. SM[TH, IIS, RUE MONTMORF.NCY'. ROB ROY. THE AUTHORS LAST NOTES AND ADDITIONS. 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. Rob Roy's Grave.— WORDSWORTH. PARIS, BAUDRY'S FOREIGN... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 342 pages
...the advantages of a dry morsel and quietness, rather preferring Wordsworth's view of the case — " The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan — That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." There was an old castle by a small rivet, only a... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 348 pages
...the advantages of a dry morsel and quietness, rather preferring Wordsworth's view of the case — " The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan — That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." There was an old castle by a small river, only a... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1833 - 448 pages
...wind ! With them no strife can last; they live In peace, and peace of mind. ii For why ?—becanse the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan....lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this which all can see ! Thus nothing here provokes the strong To wanton cruelty. M All freaklshness of mind is... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 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 power, And they should keep who can. '( A lesson which is quickly learn'd, A signal through which all can see ; Thus, nothing here provokes the strong... | |
 | Walter Scott - Outlaws - 1834 - 562 pages
...; they live In peace, and peace of miud, C VOL. I. " For why 1 Because the good old rule Sufliceth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who...the power, And the'y should keep who can. "A lesson which is quickly learn'd, A signal through which all can see ; Thus, nothing here provokes the strong... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 460 pages
...can last; they live In peace, and peace of mind. "For why ?— because the good old rule Sufficed! them, the simple plan, That they should take, who...lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this which all can see ! Thus nothing bere provokes the strong To wanton cruelty. "All freakishness of mind is... | |
 | Edward Osler - Church and state - 1837 - 200 pages
...to them. The voluntary principle resolves itself, in fact, into the right of the strongest ; " And why — because the good old rule Sufficeth them; the simple plan That they should take, who have the power; That they should keep, who can." The advocates of this principle urge the inviolable... | |
 | Blowhard - Sailors - 1841 - 316 pages
...Spanish ship Rosalia, captured by the guard-ship's tender, upon the good old rule, called Rob Roy's — " The good old rule Sufficeth them — the simple plan — That they should take, who have the pow«r; And they should keep who can." The dreaded hour at length arrived for ' Jack'... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1843 - 710 pages
...J. 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—... | |
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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. 
