 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 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. " A lesson which is quickly learn' d, " A signal... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1813 - 472 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, $c.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 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. " A lesson which is quickly learned, " A signal... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 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. " A lesson which is quickly learned, " A signal... | |
 | 1825 - 826 pages
...that the biped should do even as it seemetb 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 thould •;•-•/•/ who can. — A new law, announcing a new... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 370 pages
... E ROB ROY. BY THE AUTHOR OF " WAvERLEY," " GUY MANNEHING," AND " TtfE ANTIQUARY." 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 Grow;.— WoanswoETH. IN THREE vOLUMES.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1818 - 368 pages
... n ROB ROY. BY THE AUTHOR OF " WAVERLEY," " GUY MANNERING," AND " THE ANTIQUARY." 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. Sob Roy'» Grave— .WORDSWORTH. IN THREE VOLUMES.... | |
 | 1836 - 790 pages
...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." — Church and Diutnt, pp. 9 — 11. We shall... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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. 
