 | Walter Scott - 1855 - Страниц: 572
...them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mind. , , O VOL. I. " For why 1 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... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 528
...Commission in 1835 might be thought to have adopted as the basis of their reforms Rob Roy's morality — ' the good old rule, Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can.1 benefices, and the increase of parochial ministrations... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - Страниц: 776
...stormy days, when the principles of policy were summed up hi my friend Mr Wordsworth's lines: — 0 the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan,...have the power, And they should keep who can." NOTE 35, page 427With wild majestic port and tone, Like envoy of some barbarous throne. The Irish chiefs,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - Страниц: 242
...the wind ; Whh 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - Страниц: 660
...again. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. Rob Roy's Grave. St. 9. Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Yarrow Unvisited. The swan on still St. Mary's Lake... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - Страниц: 448
...a minor's right of succession in those stormy days, when the principles of policy were summed up iu my friend Mr Wordsworth's lines : — ' The good old...have the power, And they should keep who can.' NOTE G. ' His plaited hair in elf-locks spread,' &c. — P. 79. There is here an attempt to describe the... | |
 | William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1857 - Страниц: 514
...said, as regarded the claims of the Catholics, to have carried into practice the principle expressed in 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." closing hour, and never was any thing less. If it... | |
 | William Maginn - 1857 - Страниц: 524
...said, as regarded the claims of the Catholics, to have carried into practice the principle expressed in 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." closing hour, and never was any thing less. If it... | |
 | 1857 - Страниц: 834
...him. A state of confusion and violence is the consequence. Lawlessness prevails. "And why f Because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." But there is still another and more sacred duty... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - Страниц: 480
...wind ! With them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mind. For why 1 — 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 which... | |
| |
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. 
