 I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.  Dictiony of English literature - Page 254by William Davenport Adams - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 542 pages
...and Anne. His writings were chiefly in the form of political tracts. He is the author of the wying, " If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws ot a nation." MES. MANLEY (1724), in the reign of Anne, was A dramatist, novelist, and political writer,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 562 pages
...His writings were chiifly in tlic furni of political tracts. lie is the author of the •ayitig, " If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the lawi ol a notion." Mas. M \ --, j jv (1724), tn the reign of Anne, TTU • dramatist, novelist, and... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 550 pages
...Anne. His writings were chiefly in the form of political tracts. He is the author of the saying, " If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who shonld make the laws of a nation.*' Mas. MAULEY (1724), in the rcign of Anne, was a dramatist, novelist,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1867 - 606 pages
...Lions in Trafalgar Square ,, 1867. ANDREW FLETCHER of Saltoun once said 'he knew a wise friend who believed that if a man were permitted to make all the Ballads of a nation, he need not care who should make the laws.'* Ingenious M. Meusnier de Querlon, too, once... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1868 - 562 pages
...political tracts. lie is the author of the •aying, "If a man were permitted to make all the bnllada, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation." MBS. MANLEY (1724), in the reign of Anne, was a dramatist, novelist, and political writer, popular,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...forgotten the names of their founders. Holy State. Of Tombs. ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. 1653-1716. T KNEW a very wise man that believed that, if a -^ man...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. Letter to the Marquis ofMontrose, the Earl cf Rothes, etc. ISAAC NEWTON. 1642-1727. I" SEEM to have... | |
 | Elias Nason - 1869 - 84 pages
...CONDISCE MODOS, AMANDA VOCE <JUOS REDDA8 : MINUENTUR ATRAE CARMINE CURAE. Horace, Car., lib. iv, car. xi. 'I KNEW A VERY WISE MAN THAT BELIEVED THAT IF A MAN...BALLADS, HE NEED NOT CARE WHO SHOULD MAKE THE LAWS op A NATION." Andrew Fletcfitr. ^-ALBANY : J7 s&f. Jo. HARVARD CO:i:3C L!B:;.AiiY A MONOGKAM OUR NATIONAL... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1869 - 392 pages
...acute Fletcher of Saltoun was so sensible of their importance, as to express a deliberate opinion, that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who made the laws of a nation. They who deem this an exaggerated notion, will do well to recollect the... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1891 - 1050 pages
...people without power to meet any great crisis or achieve any great deed. Fletcher of Saltoun's saying, " If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation," expresses a profound truth, because the songs which create as well as express the emotions make the... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1870 - 552 pages
...Anne. His writings were chiefly in lh*; form of political tracts. He is the author of the saying, " If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." MttS. MANLEY (1724), in the reign of Anne, was a dramatist, novelist, and political writer, popular,... | |
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