...bosom 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, that such compositions...

...WILSON. INDUSTRIAL MDSEOH, EDINBUBOH, September 1858. THE 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...

...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 songs. " God...

...502. («) ' I knew (says Mr. Fletcher) a very wise man who believed, that if a man were permitted lo make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.' (4) PS to Spectator, in folio. — There are in the play of the Self-Tormentor, of Terence, several...

...According to what you may observe on * I knew,' says Mr. Fletcher, ' a very wise man who believed, that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care care who should make the laws of a nation.' our stage," you see them often moved so directly against...

...bard, of the Southeys for their hearts, and the Moores for their verse. Fletcher of Saltown 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...

...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...

...proofs of this. Andrew Fletcher, о Saltoun, speaks of a wise person whom he knew, ' who be lieved that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. (Polit. Works, 8vo. p. 2C6. Glasg. 1749.) BALLAD, in music, a short air, repeated to two or mon stanzas,...

...acute Fletcher of Saltoun was so sensible of their importance, as to express a deliberate opinion, that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who made the laws of a nation. They who deem this an exaggerated notion, will do well to recollect the...

...acute Fletcher of Saltoun was so sensible of their importance, as to express a deliberate opinion, that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who made the laws of a nation. They who deem this an exaggerated notion, will do well to recollect the...