| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 páginas
...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 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 should keep who can. Note VII. His plaited hair in elf-locks spread, $c.... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
| 1829 - 840 páginas
...rent asunder, and mankind, in obedience to the original impulse of their nature, have recourse to " The simple plan, That they should take that have the power, And they should keep who can." Their great recommendation fc, however, that they are not travellers by profession. Of these... | |
| 1825 - 826 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
... 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.... | |
| 1836 - 790 páginas
...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 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 should keep who can. Note VII. His plaited hair in elf-locks spread, <Jr.—... | |
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