...that gave the right of possession to the strongest; as a living poet has happily defined it: " the simple plan, That they should take, who had the power, And they should keep who can" — a custom finally abolished by James I., in 1605. From this event perhaps the present Irish...

...that gave the right of possession to the strongest; as a living poet has happily defined it: " the simple plan, That they should take, who had the power, And they should keep who can" — a custom finally abolished by James I., in 1605. From this event perhaps the present Irish...

...profession, as long as the 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 have the power, And they should keep— who can. The first land-marauder was an Englishman, of...

...importance, and bore to those under whom they lived very nearly the same relation which the Humsauyas, described by Mr Elphinstone, bear to the Ooloss, or...should take who had the power, And they should keep who can." 1 But the more prudent chiefs had now learned that there was a world beyond the mountains, and...

...trough." The most powerful of the Highland chiefs became in latter times frequenters of the Scottislt court, and often obtained from the monarchs grants...should take who had the power, And they should keep who can."1 But the more prudent chiefs had now learned that there was a world beyond the mountains, and...

...ind< the excuse of such authority towards the < party, who lived in a state of society in ' perior force necessarily constituted right. " For why ? —...should take who had the power, And they should keep who can."1 But the more prudent chiefs had nov that there was a world beyond the mounl that there were...

...could on the subjects of the King of Spain. This doctrine was very popular in England, where still -" the good old rule Sufficed them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." • Hawkins' Personal Narrative, in Hakluyt, vol....

...frequenters of the Scottish court, and often obtained from the monarchs grants of lands and jurisdiction, which, at convenient times, they failed not to use...efforts, owing to the weakness of the government, were but transient and desultory ; yet the great houses of Argyle, Hun.tley, Athole, and others, whose rank...

...seem to have acted very much on the principles which, according to Wordsworth, influenced Bob Roy, " That they should take who had the power, And they should keep who can." t P. 204. J Many of these existed very recently. In several of the charters from the superior,...

...lived in a state of society in which superior force necessarily constituted right. " For why?—because the good old rule Sufficed them; the simple plan That they should take who had the power, Aud they should keep who can."* But the more prudent chiefs had now learned that there was a world...