musgrave's sentiment
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
He believed, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws" (1703).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “musgrave's sentiment” mean?
He believed, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws" (1703).
Is “musgrave's sentiment” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.