 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 488 pages
...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... | |
 | 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. That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can. " A lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this... | |
 | 1849 - 782 pages
...deliberate adoption of the sentiments which Wordsworth puts iuto the mouth of 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. " A lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this... | |
 | Edward Osler - 1837 - 200 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." The advocates of this principle urge the inviolable... | |
 | Blowhard - 1841 - 328 pages
...the guard-ship's tender, upon the good old rule, called Rob Roy's— -" The good old rule Sufflceth them — the simple plan — That they should take,...have the power; And they should keep who can," The dreaded hour at length arrived for ' Jack' to take leave of hi* affectionate school-fellows; which,... | |
 | Blowhard - 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 - 1843 - 710 pages
...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—... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 728 pages
...Nottinghamshire Barber . . . . Armstrong . 537 ton J. Burnet. . . J. Williams. . 664 R 0 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 ean. Hnb Roy'i Grave. — WORDSWORTH. INTRODUCTION—... | |
 | 1843 - 1278 pages
...anxiety to accommodate our diplomacy to the primitive ideas of those with whom we had to deal — " the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can" — was assumed as the basis of our proceedings :... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 pages
...to the nice distinctions of meum and luum — as Wordsworth sings at Rob Roy's grave — "For why ? Because the good old rule Sufficeth them : the simple...have the power, And they should keep who can." The Fortress of Rheinfels, the most extensive ruin on the Rhine, stands in the midst of some of the sublimes!... | |
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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. 
