| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1868 - 562 oldal
...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 oldal
...State. Of Tombs. ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. 1653-1716. T KNEW a very wise man that believed that, if a -^ man were permitted to make all the ballads,...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 oldal
...MINUENTUR ATRAE CARMINE CURAE. Horace, Car., lib. iv, car. xi. '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 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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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,... | |
| Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1870 - 1004 oldal
...the earl of Cromarty, "I knew a very wise man of Sir Christopher Musjfravo's sentiment, id- believed, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws." (1703.) Ballet is the recital of some adventure or intrigue by gesture and dancing. Baltazari'ni, director... | |
| John D. Minor, Ohio. Superior Court (Cincinnati) - 1870 - 448 oldal
...character. We have all heard of the wise man, quoted by Fletcher, of Saltoun, to the effect " that if he was permitted to make all the ballads he need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Much more true is it that if you be informed what is the religion of a nation, you can with certainty... | |
| Joseph Barlow Felt - 1870 - 484 oldal
...curoe." IIIORACK, Oar., lib. Iv.-car. xi. I knew я very wise man, that believed that ¡fa man wert- permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make tin- laws of a nation. [AXDKEW FLETCHER. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1819. 8vo. pp. 69. . The members of... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1870 - 554 oldal
...political tracts. He is the author of the saying, " If a man were permitted to make all the t.Killud*, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation." MBS. MANLET (1724), in the reign of Anne, was a dramatist, novelist, and political writer, popular,... | |
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