 | William Goodman - 1843 - 342 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1917 - 920 Seiten
...British Army by the study of its songs. The man who first said: "If a man were permitted to make ali the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation," would be sore puzzled by our soldiers. No nation has given birth to greater poets than the On Reading... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 340 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1846 - 586 Seiten
...OF THE PEOPLE. BY W. LANDLESS. Fi.ETcnr.n of Saltoun, in his ' Conversations on Government,' said, ' If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make all the laws of the nation.' There is contained in these few simple words a very profound truth, which,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1184 Seiten
...studied nor cared to comprehend, nor to have understood the gentle wisdom of Fletcher of Saltoun — "That if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a people." He never gained their respect; bat, by his self-seeking, his self-promotion to power and place,... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 336 Seiten
...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 cnre who should make all the laws of a nation." Tl.e brilliant, but profligate, Sheridan having lived... | |
 | 1888 - 662 Seiten
...of Saltoun, rather than Drummond of Hawthornden, ii supposed to Ьате known a man who " believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Much curious information is supplied in the various chapters on carols and wasiail songs, church ales... | |
 | 1879 - 674 Seiten
...in these terms : " I knew a very wise man, so much of Sir Christopher'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." I should like to know if the belief here attributed to " a very wise man " has been ascertained to... | |
 | 1888 - 558 Seiten
...Fletcher of Saltonn, ratber than Drummond of Hawtbornden, is supposed to hare known a man who " believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. ' Much curious information ia aupplied in the various chapters on carols and wassail songs, church... | |
 | 1850 - 544 Seiten
...adds : " I said, I knew a very wise j man so much of Sir Christopher'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. And we find that most of the ancient legislators thought they could not well reform the manners of... | |
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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. 
