| James Burgh - Great Britain - 1775 - 540 pages
...defence of the ftate, to {hews and plays, by which the people were enervated. t A very wife man faid, he believed, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who made the laws of a nation. The antient Jegiflators did not pretend to reform the manners or the people... | |
| Bibliography - 1776 - 646 pages
...defence of the ñato, to ¡licv. » an! plays by which the people were enervated. ' A very wife man faid, he believed, if a man were permitted to * make all the. ballads, he need not care wh,o made thc laws of,.» « nation. The ancient legiflators did not pretend to reform the nain» 4 ners... | |
| Thomas Tyers - 1782 - 168 pages
...interlocutors in Fletcher of Saltoun's cele' brated Converfation-piece, feems not to be quite a rant, that, " if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who mould make the laws of a nation ;" for manners controul laws. Though it has been faid of this opera... | |
| William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 386 pages
...any " thing 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" hers of the... | |
| William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 394 pages
...any *' thing 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 ,... | |
| William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 386 pages
...any " thing 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-encient le" gislators did not pretend to reform the nran" ners of... | |
| American Antiquarian Society - 1813 - 322 pages
...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 care who should make the laws of a nation," is familiar to all students of English literature. To whom in this... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...for bis profound wisdom and exalted independence, that " he 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 lav, s, of a nation." This remark is undoubtedly expressive of the author's conviction,... | |
| 1858 - 862 pages
...of no great consequence." I said, " 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." Such are the circumstances under which this aphorism was uttered... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 354 pages
...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... | |
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