..."One would think this last were of no great consequence," he adds : " I said, I knew a very wise j man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that 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...

...Conversation concerning a right Regulation of Government for the Common Good of Mankind is in these terms : " I knew a very wise man, so much of Sir Christopher's...to make all the ballads he need not care who should m&ketiv laws of a nation." I should like to know if tie belief here attributed to "a very wise man...

...wickedness by infamous ballads sung in every corner of the streets. I knew," he adds, " a very wise man that believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...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...

...and others, erroneously ascribed to the Earl of Chatham : ' 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.' The newspapers may be said to have supplanted the ballads; yet during the late war between England...

...whig author in the early part o the 18th century, says, — I knew a very wise man, who believed, that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation. t Act ii. Sc. 2, 34. 82 THE SPECTATOR. [No. 502. themselves to us, without any other purpose than to...

...Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Bathes, etc. 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. HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE. 1672-1751. On the Study and Use of History. Letter 2 I have read...

...wickedness by infamous ballads sung in every corner of the streets. I knew." he adds, "a very wise man that believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...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...

...Мизэтгм, EDINBURGH, Stptmber, 1858. [Ott. ТНК BALLAD POETRY OF SCOTLAND AND OF IRELAND.* " IF a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." This is a saying which has often been cited, not always quite so accurately, perhaps, as on the present...

...and others, erroneously ascribed to the Earl of Chatham : ' 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! The newspapers may be said to have supplanted the ballads ; yet during the late war between England...

...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...