 | 1865 - 804 pagina’s
...guide, philosopher, and friend Thomas ? Is it not exactly the simple code of law of Rob Roy— " That ha should take who has the power, And he should keep who can " ? and was Rob's code " in accordance with the laws of this universe," or it " Devil- worship " (... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 594 pagina’s
...prince ; each group of villages has governed itself under no other law than that " good old rule, that simple plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can." Herr Radde very fairly describes the type of the inhabitants of these villages thus : — " In the... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1843 - 416 pagina’s
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can." * He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes of... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1843 - 92 pagina’s
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can." * He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes of... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1843 - 456 pagina’s
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can." * He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes of... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1844 - 462 pagina’s
...justice, it is proclaimed that the nation is still only on its way from that state of things " where he should take who has the power, and he should keep who can."1T He considered the system of having different courts for the adjudication of different classes... | |
 | William Howitt - 1845 - 416 pagina’s
...is the manner in which the clergy rob one another. This is certainly The good old rule, the ancient plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can. Bishops rob the country and one another, deans and chapters do the same, rich clergy rob the poor,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1845 - 824 pagina’s
...things necessarily leads to the virtual recognition of the law of the strongest — " The good old rule, the simple plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep that can." Revenge is henceforth no vice, but reciprocative justice ; robbery no crime, but the due... | |
 | 1847 - 522 pagina’s
...share. To reason that such a state of things is necessary, is to adopt the good old reiver's logic— " That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can." tentment is great gain," and " the poor we have always with us ;" but that shall not prevent us impressing... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 pagina’s
...security nor confidence between the several communities, and the only law was, " The good old rule — the simple plan. That he should take who has the power, And he should keep — who can." The walls of the Cyclopean cities are formed of huge blocks of limestone or other calcareous stone,... | |
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Good old plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can,' 
