...existed an early period of lawlessness, in which it was with women as with other kinds of property, " that he should take who had the power, and he should keep who can " ; that wives were first obtained by force, then by theft, and later by trade and bargain. The question...

...existed an early period of lawlessness, in which it was with women as with other kinds of property, " that he should take who had the power, and he should keep who can"; that wives were first obtained by force, then by theft, and later by trade and bargain. The question...

..." in the brave days of old, when men 11 here, as in Scotland, followed the simple rule of the elans that he Should take who had the power, And he should keep who can. Sholapur and its neighbourhood have been greatly improved by modern irrigation works undertaken during...

...like the old border reivers, who, as Wordsworth described, followed " The good old rule, the simple plan, " That he should take who had the power, " And he should keep who can." While our statesmen and law-givers seem to be bankrupt of resources, or adrift on a sea of democracy,...

...the owners of the soil, said it was splendid enterprise ! It was simply the good old rule, the simple plan, that he should take who had the power, and he should keep who can. Right through it is nothing else. Each one of us wants to keep what he has got ; the only question...

...constant conflict between the Highlanders and Lowlanders, each following: "The good rule, the simple plan That he should take who had the power, And he should keep who can." The route is through a series of picturesque glens and passes which have witnessed many hard-fought...

...stages of civilisation it was possible to urge in defence of all theft. "The good old rule, the simple plan, That he should take who had the power, And he should keep who can," is not so very old; but the fact that everyone stole when he could did not make theft less a breach...