 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 pages
...hedge-rows, in the leafy lanes and by-paths of literature, in the genial summer-time. — LONGFELLOW. — I knew a very wise man that believed that, if a man...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. Ballads. —And tell prose writers, stories are so stale, That penny BALLADS have a better sale. BRETON,... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 584 pages
...truth that gives point to the celebrated saying of Fletcher of Saltoun : " I 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." Didactic poetry shows the same purpose ; as in Young's Night Thoughts, Thomson's Seasons, Cowper's... | |
 | George Stewart - 1878 - 272 pages
...Andrew Fletcher, who, in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose, remarked, 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. He has woven this maxim into his character so strongly, and so thoroughly, that it has become a part... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...London, the First of December,' 1703, is forcibly written, and contains some strong appeals in favour of Scottish independence, as well as some just and...not care who should make the laws of a nation.' The newspaper may now be said to have supplanted the ballad ; yet, during the war with France, the naval... | |
 | 1879 - 480 pages
...every principle, every sentiment that has struck against his impressible life. Andrew Fletcher said, " I knew a very wise man that believed that, if a man...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." If that wise man were alive to-day in this country of schools, his belief would certainly be, that... | |
 | Sir George Grove - 1879 - 802 pages
...•ong with a political point to the tune 'The hunt is up.' 'If a man,' says Fletcher of Saltoun, ' were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.' • Lilliburlero' (beloved of my uncle Toby), is a striking proof of the truth of Saltoun's remark,... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pages
...letter that Fletcher makes use of the familiar, but generally misquoted, passage that follows : — " I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." " Government is founded upon compromise and barter, All." — BURKE' s Speech on Conciliation with... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...will both agree to unplume themselves, that others may be decorated with their feathers. FELLTHAM. influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers,...how contemptible are they, compared with the Script FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury.... | |
 | George Henry Preble - 1880 - 892 pages
...47. 48. 49. 1871 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. NATIONAL AND PATRIOTIC SONGS. " I 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." — Andrew Fletcher. HAIL COLUMBIA. BY JOSEPH HOPKINSON. The author of this lyric was the Hon. Joseph... | |
 | Juliana Horatia Ewing - 1881 - 370 pages
...we've a bit of holiday leesure 111 tell ye some." " Thank you, Alister." CHAPTER XX. " A very wise man believed that, if a man were permitted to make all...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." — Fletcher of Saltoun in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose. THE weather was fair enough, and we... | |
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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! 
