 Here we discover those features of chivalry, so admirably ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can...  Once a Week - Page 379edited by - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Romani - 1824 - 548 pages
...ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can," the wandering hero, ever ready to risk his life in defence of the injured, was governed by a noble... | |
 | Charles Swan - 1824 - 566 pages
...ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can," the wandering hero, ever ready to risk his life in defence of the injured, was governed by a noble... | |
 | 1824 - 558 pages
...ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can," the wandering hero, ever ready to risk his life in defence of the injured, was governed by a noble... | |
 | Wynnard Hooper - 1824 - 552 pages
...ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can," the wandering hero, ever ready to risk his life in defence of the injured, was governed by a noble... | |
 | Charles Swan - 1824 - 596 pages
...ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can," the wandering hero, ever ready to risk his life in defence of the injured, was governed by a noble... | |
 | 1844 - 554 pages
...governed by the sophism, that " Might makes right." Or by "The good old rule, the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can." In this age of intelligence, there is no moving power but mind ; all others, are passive and inert.... | |
 | 1863 - 804 pages
...governed by the sophism, that " Might malees right ;" Or by "The good old rule, the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can." In this age of intelligence, there is no moving power but mind ; all other powers are passive and inert.... | |
 | Henry Astbury Leveson - 1860 - 584 pages
...campaigning and foraging, were just the fellows to have about one in a country where " might is right," and " he may take who has the power, and he may keep who can ; " for, although the Russians had vacated those districts some time previously, predatory bands of... | |
 | Henry Astbury Leveson - 1860 - 564 pages
...campaigning and foraging, were just the fellows to have about one in a country where " might is right," and " he may take who has the power, and he may keep who can ; " for, although the Russians had vacated those districts some time previously, predatory bands of... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1868 - 636 pages
...members. A contrary rule befits only that condition of society in which the principle is recognized that He may take who has the power, And he may keep who can. If the right to use force be once admitted, it must necessarily / follow as a logical sequence, that... | |
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