 | Charles Knight - 1874
...caterers for public amusement : " Wit, my lords, is a sort of property ; it is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...God, we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind. * * * * I must own I cannot easily agree to the laying of any tax upon wit ; but by this Bill it is... | |
 | 1875
...attack on property. " Wit, my lords," he said, " is a sort of property. It is the property of those that have it, and too often the only property they...have a dependence of another kind ; we have a much less precarious support, and, therefore, cannot feel the inconveniences of the bill now before us ;... | |
 | 1875
...attack on property " Wit, my lords," he said, " is a sort oi property. It is the property of those that have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is, indeed, bu( a precarious dependence. Thank God "we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind ; we have a... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876
...liberty, but also upon property. "Wit, my lords, is a sort of property. It is the property of those end less precarious support, and therefore cannot feel the inconveniences of the bill now before us ; but... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1876
...attack on property. " Wit, my lords," he said, " is a sort of property. It is the property of those that have it, and too often the only property they...have a dependence of another kind. We have a much less precarious support, and, therefore, cannot feel the inconveniences of the bill now before us ;... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1877
...encroachment upon Property. Wit, my" Lords, is a sort of property. It is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind.' In 1738, when the Opposition proposed a reduction of the army, the Government manifested an almost... | |
 | John Doran - 1880
...no right to put an excise upon wit : and said, finely, " Wit, my Lords, is the property of those who have it, — and too often the only property they...is, indeed, but a precarious dependence. Thank God !" he said, " we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind !" Such is the substance of his famous... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1880
..."How cruel it is to lay a tax on so scarce a commodity as wit; it is a sort of property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on — it is, indeed, a precarious dependence. Thank God, we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind." Shuter revenged... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Leslie Stephen - 1882
..."Wit, my lords," said this "wit among lords," "is a species of property. It is the property of those that have it, and too often the only property they...God, we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind ; " — a statement which, no doubt, came home to his hearers. But, however witty or forcible in argument,... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884
...caterers for public amusement : " Wit, my lords, is a sort of property ; it is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...God, we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind. * * * * I must own I cannot easily agree to the laying of any tax upon wit ; but by this bill it is... | |
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Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property; it is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependence. Thank God! we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind... 
