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 Writer - 86. lappuse1894Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| William Hazlitt - 1807 - 394 lapas
...without a license ; and all immoral " writings were prohibited. A very wise man* " said he believed, if a man were permitted " to make all the ballads, he need not care who " made the laws of a nation. The ancient le" gislators did not pretend to reform the man" ners of ,the... | |
| American Antiquarian Society - 1813 - 322 lapas
...and abiding recompense. The remark of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, that "he knew a very wise man who believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not caro who should make the laws of a nation," is familiar to all students of English literature. To whom... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 lapas
...Scottish bosom for his profound wisdom and exalted independence, that " he knew a very wise man who believed, that if a man were permitted to make all...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation." This remark is undoubtedly expressive of the author's conviction, that such compositions have a very... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 358 lapas
...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 long preserved in their national songs. " God... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 418 lapas
...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 long preserved in their national songs. ' God... | |
| Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 lapas
...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... | |
| Horace Smith - 1836 - 330 lapas
...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... | |
| Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 lapas
...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... | |
| William Goodman - 1843 - 342 lapas
...to him, played some English airs, which made him weep like a child. 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 brilliant, but profligate, Sheridan having lived in an age where its... | |
| 1876 - 594 lapas
...been given to any of the English sovereigns?” and others, he wrote : “ I knew a very wise man who believed that, if a man were permitted to make all...not care who should make the laws of a nation.” See, for life, any good biographical dictiopary, also Macaulay's History of England. Andrew Fletchers... | |
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