 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 398 pages
.... Dickes . . Miss Cook 360 Glove Scene in the Library . . Sir W. AllanMiss Williams 368 EOB EOYFor 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. Sob Hoy's Grave. — WOBDSWOETH. INTEODUCTION.—... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1860 - 656 pages
...stormy days, when the principles of policy were summed up< ifi nap friend, Mr. Wordsworth's lines:— the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the p*w*T, And they should keep who can. NOTE VI. With wild majestic port and tone, Like envoy... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862 - 354 pages
...ROY SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. DOUGAL WAITING WITH THE HOBSES. E 0 В ROY ВT SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. 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.— WOBDSWOÄTH. EDINBURGH ADAM AND... | |
 | Robert Seymour Symmes Tharin - History - 1863 - 260 pages
...live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised, were no small praise?" MILTON. " The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep, who can." SCOTT. AT the door and front yard of my uncle's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 366 pages
...FEBRUARY 19- 1936 RITERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE : 8TXKEOTTPED AND PRINTED BY H. 0. HOUGHTON AND COMPANV. 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 they should keep who can. Rob Roy's Grave. — WORDSWOBTH. INTRODUCTION —... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...be again. The Solitarg Reaper. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. ibid. 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 Hog's Grace. Stanza 9. The swan on still St.... | |
 | Rev. William Graham (of Edinburgh.) - Lochmaben (Scotland) - 1865 - 220 pages
...was not considered shameful; and daring and dexterity in accomplishing it were the highest merit. " The good old rule Sufficeth them; the simple plan— That they should take who have the power. And they should keep who can. The camp their home, their law the sword, • They... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 368 pages
...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. " All freakishness of mind is checked; He tamed,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 pages
...that travel on the wind ! "With them no strife can last ; they livo In peace, and peace of mind. " For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth...the power, And they should keep who can. "A lesson which is quickly learned, A signal this which all can see ! Thus nothing here provokes the strong To... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 194 pages
...travel on the wind ! With them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mind. For why 1 because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple...the power, And they should keep who can. A lesson which is quickly learned, A signal this which all can see ! Thus nothing here provokes the strong To... | |
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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. 
