 | 1901 - 688 pages
...light and life (p. 76). A. SMYTHE PALMEE. S. Woodford. " RIDING THE MARCHES " (9th S. viii. 265).— The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can, was mainly responsible for the necessity of " riding... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1850 - 504 pages
...they were positive advantages. It was an important circumstance that the merchants who attended the * 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. fair could convey their goods to it by sea, without... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...can last; they live In peace, and peace of mind. For why 1 — because the good old Rulo Sufliceth them, the simple Plan, That they should take, who...lesson that is quickly learned, A signal this which all can see ! Thus nothing here provokes the Strong To wanton cruelty. All freakishness of mind is... | |
 | John Chase Lord - 1851 - 16 pages
...disavowal of all regard for the claims of the weak ? In the words of a Highland song of the olden time, " For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan* That they must get who have the power, And they must keep who can." May Vermont be permitted to pass laws- to... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...principles of piety and virtue as are likely to take soonest and deepest root. CS Note II. — a. For why 9) *|/7& % who have the power, And they should keep who can. — WORDSWORTH. CS b. Ho went to where the accident... | |
 | Union Safety Committee - 1851 - 70 pages
...regard for the claims of the weak ? In the words of a Highland song of the olden time, " For why 7 because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they must get who have the power, And they must keep who can." May Vermont be permitted to pass laws to... | |
 | John Chase Lord - 1851 - 20 pages
...disavowal of all regard for the claims of the weak ? In the words of a Highland song of the olden time, " For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, Thai they must get who have the power. And they must keep who can." May Vermont be permitted to pass... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 449 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... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1852 - 324 pages
...that travel in 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." Rob was ostensibly a dealer in cattle, and he cared... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1852 - 532 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... | |
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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. 
