 | 1861 - 610 oldal
...interlocutor in his Account of a Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Government) ' that he believed, if a man were permitted to ' make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the ' lawa of a nation.' But the adage, with all its smartness, is a very deceitful one. A curious essay... | |
 | Lawrence Anderson - 1864 - 196 oldal
...song excites the patriotic sentiment. He was a wise man, and knew the national feeling well, who said, "If a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." The writer of national songs, therefore, confers a benefit upon his country, and a debt of gratitude... | |
 | 1856 - 502 oldal
...poetry of America. " I knew," wrote old Fletcher of Saltoun, " a very wise man, that believed that, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation." If this be true, neither Whittier nor his friends need doubt much the result of their labors, as the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 oldal
...Andronicus. Ad. fin. 1. ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. 1653-1716. I knew a very wise man that believed that, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Bathes, etc. ISAAC NEWTON. 1642-1727. I seem to have... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1865 - 636 oldal
...speakers were particularly prone to the quotation of that strange saying of Fletcher of Saltoun — " If a man were permitted to make all the Ballads, he need not care who should make the Laws of a country." It has been the destiny of Young Ireland to make and to administer the laws of other countries... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1866 - 570 oldal
...patriotic bard, of the Southeys for their hearts, and the Moores for their verse. Fletcher of Saltoun said, "If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make all the laws of a nation." The character of a people is preserved in their national songs. "God save... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 oldal
...one of Fletcher's pamphlets, occurs the memorable saying, " I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." FLETCHER, JOHN, son to the Bishop of London, a famous dramatic writer, born in 15TG, died of the plague... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 542 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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,... | |
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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. 
