 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...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 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, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...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 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 - 1815 - 416 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 344 pages
...LIBRARY The gift of n ;* *- v *; 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. Rob Rmfs Grave—WORDSWORTH. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL.... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 1818 - 492 pages
...Od Beans. 30s Od. 27s Od 2.5s Od THE COI3LA DEPOSITOR Y AND Eilmawocft DECEMBER, 1817. HOB ROY. T " For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them— the simple plan That thy should take, who have the power, . AXI& they should Keep who can." Ran Ror's GRAVE — WORDIWORTU.... | |
 | 1836 - 790 pages
...dictates to 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.—... | |
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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. 
