 | National Education Association of the United States - 1881 - 372 pages
...of sentiments and customs? Andrew Fletcher, called Fletcher of Saltoun, two centuries ago affirmed that "if a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Even so judicious a writer as Polybius says that music was necessary to soften the manners of the Arcadians,... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1881 - 372 pages
...of sentiments and customs ? Andrew Fletcher, called Fletcher of Saltoun, two centuries ago affirmed that "if a man were permitted to make all the ballads,...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Even so judicious a writer as Polybius says that music was necessary to soften the manners of the Arcadians,... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pages
...Ibid., Libels. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun wrote to the Marquis of Montrose, Earl of Rothes, etc. : " I knew a very wise man that believed, that, if a man...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation." Fletcher was a contemporary of Selden, and may hare referred to him. Above all things — Liberty.... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...of our art, At country wakes sung ballads from a cart. Л. DBTOEN — Prologue to Lee's Sophonisba. BYRON -Don Juan. Canto I. St. 194. LOVE. LOVE. Oh Love! what is it i. ANDREW FLETCHER— Letter /oí/te Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Rothes. I have a passion for... | |
 | Sumner Ellis - 1882 - 366 pages
...of the people set in verse is quite noteworthy. " I know a very wise man," said the poet Fletcher, " that believed that if a man were permitted to make...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Dr. Chapin seemed to coincide with this estimate of their influence and value, and sought their pathos... | |
 | 1882 - 328 pages
...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. And we find that most of the ancient legislators thought they could not well reform the manners of... | |
 | 1882 - 308 pages
...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. And we find that most of the ancient legislators thought they could not well reform the manners of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 420 pages
...life. Everybody knows that wise and witty Fletcher of Saltoun, to whom is attributed the maxim : — " That if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation."1 His younger brother, who leased from him a mill, and was but ill provided with the world's... | |
 | Cyril L. C. Locke - 1883 - 124 pages
...likewise variable. 58. War's a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. 59. I knew a wise man that believed, that if a man were permitted...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. 60. I believe there is no real greatness for a nation Except it be based upon morality. 61. Talk not... | |
 | Sumner Ellis - 1883 - 368 pages
...of the people set in verse is quite noteworthy. " I know a very wise man," said the poet Fletcher, " that believed that if a man were permitted to make...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Dr. Chapin seemed to coincide with this estimate of their influence and value, and sought their pathos... | |
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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! 
