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musgrave's sentiment

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Meaning · English

He believed, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws" (1703).

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nếu một người được phép tạo ra tất cả các bản ballad, anh ta không cần quan tâm ai tạo ra luật

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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.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

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?

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