...to take or destroy such trading vessels, or interrupt such commerce." — WTF OBSERVATIONS ON WAR. BY the original law of nations, war and extirpation...degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death ; a farther step was, the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery ; another, to respect more the property...

...studied nor cared to comprehend, nor to have understood the gentle wisdom of Fletcher of Saltoun — "That if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a people." He never gained their respect; bat, by his self-seeking, his self-promotion to power and place,...

...Fletcher of Saltoun, rather than Drummond of Hawthornden, ii supposed to Ьате known a man who " believed that if a man were permitted to make all...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." Much curious information is supplied in the various chapters on carols and wasiail songs, church ales...

...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 make the laws of a nation." I should like to know if the belief here attributed to " a very wise man " has been ascertained to...

...Quotations/ кпя edit. p. 281, quotes, from a letter to the Marquis of Montrose, etc., " I knew a verv wise man that believed that if a man were permitted...need not care who should make the laws of a nation."] AÜTHOBS WANTED.— 1. I would be greatly f* helped and obliged if the authorship of the following...

...Andrew Fletcher of Saltonn, ratber than Drummond of Hawtbornden, is supposed to hare known a man who " believed that if a man were permitted to make all...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. ' Much curious information ia aupplied in the various chapters on carols and wassail songs, church...

...he adds : " 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...

...adds : " I said, I knew a very wise j 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...

...quoted, and which has been, by Lord Brougham and others, erroneously ascribed to the Earl of Chatham : ' I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man...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 England...

...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 manners of...