 | 1865 - 804 pages
...guide, philosopher, and friend Thomas ? Is it not exactly the simple code of law of Rob Roy— " That ha should take who has the power, And he should keep who can " ? and was Rob's code " in accordance with the laws of this universe," or it " Devil- worship " (... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 594 pages
...group of villages has governed itself under no other law than that " good old rule, that simple plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can." Herr Radde very fairly describes the type of the inhabitants of these villages thus : — " In the... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1843 - 456 pages
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can." * He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes of... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1843 - 416 pages
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can." * He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes of... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1843 - 92 pages
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can." * He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes of... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1844 - 462 pages
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can."1T He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes... | |
 | William Howitt - 1845 - 416 pages
...manner in which the clergy rob one another. This is certainly The good old rule, the ancient plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can. Bishops rob the country and one another, deans and chapters do the same, rich clergy rob the poor,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1845 - 824 pages
...leads to the virtual recognition of the law of the strongest — " The good old rule, the simple plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep that can." Revenge is henceforth no vice, but reciprocative justice ; robbery no crime, but the due... | |
 | 1847 - 522 pages
...share. To reason that such a state of things is necessary, is to adopt the good old reiver's logic— " That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can." tentment is great gain," and " the poor we have always with us ;" but that shall not prevent us impressing... | |
 | Leopold von Ranke - 1847 - 572 pages
...property are not respected ; and individual will and might prevail. " Sufficeth them the simple plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can." This is painfully apparent throughout the history of Servia. The divine principle of Christianity,... | |
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Good old plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can,' 
