 | 1855 - 528 pàgines
...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 - 1855 - 572 pàgines
...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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - 1856 - 372 pàgines
...nation happy, and keeps it so PR, iv. 363. still she retains - - because the good old rule Sfifficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have...the power, And they should keep who can. WORDSWORTH. ' Rob Roy a Grate. The fragrant air its coolness still retains ' The Excursion,' v.] Exercise. In spite... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pàgines
...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, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." NOTE 35, page 427With wild majestic port and tone,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 242 pàgines
...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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 pàgines
...Lear, iii 6. What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so PR, iv. 363. still she retains — hecause the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan,...the power, And they should keep who can. WORDSWORTH. ' Roh Roy s Grate. The fragrant air its coolness still retains ' The Excursion,' v.] Exercise. In spite... | |
 | William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1857 - 514 pàgines
...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 - 524 pàgines
...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 Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pàgines
...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... | |
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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. 
