 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...be again. The Solitary Reaper. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. Ibid. 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 Grave. The Eagle, he was lord above, And... | |
 | Alexander Gruar Forbes - 1874 - 450 páginas
...condition of international law in Inner Africa is somewhat peculiar, both among chiefs and people. " The good old rule Sufficeth them — the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can." WORDSWORTH, Rob Boy's Grave. We are told that his... | |
 | John Leyden - 1875 - 414 páginas
...Roy's grave will find this aspect of society explained, and if not justified, yet palliated : — " The creatures see of flood and field, And those that...For why ? Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, tho simple plan That they should take who have the power And they should keep who can." (Applause.)... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 páginas
...few: These find I graven on my heart: That tells me what to do. The creatures see of flood and Held, And those that travel on the wind ! With them no strife...the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, [power, That they should take who have the And they should keep who can. A lesson that is quickly learn'd,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...heard no more. ibid. A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. Rob Roy's Grave. Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Ibid. The Eagle, he was lord above, And Rob was lord... | |
 | John S. Roberts - 1875 - 416 páginas
...for the blacker tribes) possess cattle if they cannot fight for them? " The pithy border creed, — " The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can," — was universally understood in its naked simplicity... | |
 | Charles Casey - 1876 - 634 páginas
...his product of material values. Now the law of naturehood is as Wordsworth phrased it for 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." Each natural creature subsists by the appropriation... | |
 | Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1876 - 918 páginas
...that is theft in a small way and conquest on a national scale ; it is the Bob Boy principle : — " 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." * Covet is often used in a good sense, as in " covet... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 318 páginas
...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 shonld keep who can. His foster-father was his guide. — Page 120. 1... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1877 - 112 páginas
...battalions. — Shakspeare. 3. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way. — Longfellow. 4. The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. — /Scott. 5. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil... | |
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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. 
