 | Young tradesman - 1845 - 300 pages
...nothing but powerful and sanguinary laws would be able to prevent anarchy and confusion. " 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." I am ashamed to say, that some employers are actuated... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 548 pages
...keep their fingers out of our pockets. But they must fatten on the pros" perity of others. "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." Such an accusation on the part of Mr. Clay, shows... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1847 - 580 pages
...present day advocate a community of goods, or a return to the primitive system of scramble : ' 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.' On what principle — we once more ask — is the... | |
 | 1849 - 606 pages
...travel on the wind With thee 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.1" . Whether a plan similar to the one we have delineated... | |
 | 1901 - 688 pages
...light and life (p. 76). A. SMYTHE PALMEE. S. Woodford. " RIDING THE MARCHES " (9th S. viii. 265).— The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can, was mainly responsible for the necessity of " riding... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1850 - 504 pages
...positive advantages. It was an important circumstance that the merchants who attended the * 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. fair could convey their goods to it by sea, without... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...principles of piety and virtue as are likely to take soonest and deepest root. CS Note II. — a. For why 9) *|/7& % who have the power, And they should keep who can. — WORDSWORTH. CS b. Ho went to where the accident... | |
 | Union Safety Committee - 1851 - 70 pages
...regard for the claims of the weak ? In the words of a Highland song of the olden time, " For why 7 because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they must get who have the power, And they must keep who can." May Vermont be permitted to pass laws to... | |
 | John Chase Lord - 1851 - 16 pages
...regard for the claims of the weak ? In the words of a Highland song of the olden time, " For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan* That they must get who have the power, And they must keep who can." May Vermont be permitted to pass laws- to... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1852 - 324 pages
...in 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." Rob was ostensibly a dealer in cattle, and he cared... | |
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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. 
