 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.  The Works of Lord Byron - Side 602af George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1879 - 566 sider
...of Mankind is 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 m&ketiv laws of a nation." I should like to know if tie belief here attributed to "a very wise man... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 sider
...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, 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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sider
...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... | |
 | 1855 - 518 sider
...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sider
...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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 sider
...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, 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... | |
 | 1858 - 796 sider
...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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 sider
...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1858 - 574 sider
...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... | |
 | 1861 - 624 sider
...imaginary interlocutor in his Account of a Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Government) ' that he believed, if a man were permitted to ' make all...ballads, he need not care who should make the 'laws of a nation.' But the adage, with all its smartness, is a very deceitful one. A curious essay might... | |
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