...Spanish cattle and swine pens were stocked, and at their service : _____ The good old rule Sufficed them — the simple plan, That they should take, who...hare the power, And they should keep — who can. The first land-marauder was an Englishman, of the name of Scot, who sacked the town of Campeachy, and obtained...

...the guard-ship's tender, upon the good old rule, called Rob Roy's— -" The good old rule Sufflceth them — the simple plan — That they should take,...have the power; And they should keep who can," The dreaded hour at length arrived for ' Jack' to take leave of hi* affectionate school-fellows; which,...

...could rest their opposition, was that well-known one, " For why ? Because the good old rulo Sufflceth them ; the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." The supporters of the Motion asked for a better, a more liberal and comprehensive system, in the names...

...and daring and dexterity in accomplishing it were the highest merit. " The good old rule Sufficeth them; the simple plan— That they should take who have the power. And they should keep who can. The camp their home, their law the sword, • They knew no country, own'd no lord." Survey of Cumberland,...

...Wordsworth, entitled " Rob Roy's Grave," was this : — " For why ? Because the good old rule SufEceth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." The story goes, that Wordsworth received the three volumes of " Rob Roy " when half a dozen visitors, who...

...world, is expressed by the old and familiar lines of Wordsworth : " Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." The time was when chattel slavery — the master on one side, ready booted and spurred to ride ; the slave...

...some of the finest fourteenth century glass in England. " 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." The place of the sepulture of the young prince, is, strange to say, not definitely known, though there...

...their ships they considered purchase degrading to their profession : — " The good old rule Sufficed them — the simple plan, That they should take, who...the power, And they should keep — who can." The wealth which they acquired was quickly spent in gambling and debauchery. When Jamaica fell into the...

...poem on " Rob Roy's Grave," in which occur the famous 'lines — " Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." THE OLD SOLDIER. [OLIVES GOLDSMITH, who, as Dr. Johnson has said, tried every kind of literature, and adorned...

...right, and could have no notion of a claim to exist. 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. The other is a state, not different from this in degree, but diametrically opposite in kind — a state...