 The ancient rule, the good old plan, That those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can — when the time came that they had lost this preeminence, superiority in strength having passed from them to a nation hitherto counted among...  The Book of Liberals ... By Gabriel Goodfellow - Pagina 12door Gabriel GOODFELLOW (pseud.) - 1849 - 271 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Julia S H. Pardoe, Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1854 - 366 pagina’s
...others? Have we not both, practically if not avowedly, acted upon the universally-maligned axiom of ' Those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can ?' " " You are an oddity, Brunton." " Because I look the truth boldly in the face, and confess that... | |
 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1854 - 358 pagina’s
...others ? Have we not both, practically if not avowedly, acted upon the universally-maligned axiom of 'Those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can ?' " " You are an oddity, Brunton." " Because I look the truth boldly in the face, and confess that... | |
 | Julia S H. Pardoe - 1862 - 382 pagina’s
...others ? Have we not both, practically if not avowedly, acted upon the universally-maligned axiom of " ' Those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can ?' " "You are an oddity, Brunton." " Because I look the truth boldly in the face, and confess that... | |
 | John Tomlinson - 1865 - 246 pagina’s
...as social obligations. Before this period the law of might was triumphant. " It was a simple plan, That those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can." " The monasteries, therefore," continued John Earle, "may be considered the early, and, for several... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1871 - 312 pagina’s
...peculiarly gifted them with — bold hearts and strong hands ? Why not revert to ' the good old plan, that those shall take who have the power, and those shall keep who can'? Would not this be better than the M lingering death to which the world so confidently dooms them, or... | |
 | Annie Thomas - 1872 - 308 pagina’s
...Huntingdon, what did she care for the rumour of that engagement with Stella Orme which had reached her? " Those shall take who have the power, and those shall keep who can," was her motto. Therefore Arthur, loyal and true as he was, was in greater danger than he imagined.... | |
 | 1873 - 540 pagina’s
...position but such as arose out of the law of the stronger — The ancient rule, the good old plan, That those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can — when the time came that they had lost this preeminence, superiority in strength having passed from... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1885 - 807 pagina’s
...their position but such as arose out of the law of the stronger— The ancient rule, the pood old plan, That those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can— •when the time came that they had lost this pre-eminence, superiority in strength having passed from... | |
 | 1892 - 826 pagina’s
...treasure-trove bears the cachet of the strong mailed hand, and of The good old rule and simple plan, That those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can. For treasure - trove, according to the authorities on English common law — that is, money, coin,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1892 - 812 pagina’s
...treasure-trove bears the cachet of the strong mailed hand, and of The good old rule and simple plan, Thut those shall take who have the power, And those shall keep who can. For treasure - trove, according to the authorities on English common law — that is, money, coin,... | |
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