 | William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1857 - 514 pages
...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 - 640 pages
...exception to the law which, Wordsworth says, prevails among ' all the creatures of flood and field.' ' The good old rule Sufficeth them — the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.' But the black rat has kept more than is commonly... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 pages
...stormy days, when the principles of policy were summed up iu 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 G. ' His plaited hair in elf-locks spread,'... | |
 | William Maginn - 1857 - 524 pages
...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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 pages
...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, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. WORDSWORTH. ' Roh Roy s Grate. The fragrant air its... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...on the wiud ! With them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mmd. " 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 this... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pages
...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 this... | |
 | 1858 - 836 pages
...coasts of Ireland, whither it had been carried in the ships that traded in provisions to Gibraltar. " The good old rule Sufficeth them — the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." but the black rat has kept more than is common ly... | |
 | 1859 - 682 pages
...Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide, (7.) For why ? the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. (8.) A mighty maze, but not without a plan. (9.)... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 398 pages
...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 through... | |
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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. 
