 | Arthur Patchett Martin - 1885
...sort of property. It is the property of those that have it, and too often the only property they liave to depend on. It is, indeed, but a precarious dependence....have a dependence of another kind. We have a much less precarious support, and therefore cannot feel the inconvenience of the bill now before us." But... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1888
...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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1891 - 234 sider
...the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have 1 See ante p. 22. 172 to depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependence....! we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind 1. Miscellaneous Works, ii. 336. Withered Beauties. Canidia, withered by age, and shattered by infirmities,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892
...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...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 ; but... | |
 | 1901
...House of Lords. " Wit, my lords, is a sort of property," said he ; " it is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...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. "... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901 - 502 sider
...likewise, and proceeds : — " 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...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 ,e... | |
 | Walter Pater - 1901
...said Chesterfield, opposing an unjust licensing Act, " Wit, my lords ! is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on." Wit, indeed, with the other gifts that make good company, has largely gone with theatrical talents,... | |
 | Charles Whibley - 1902 - 323 sider
...House of Lords. " Wit, my lords, is a sort of property," said he; "it is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...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." That... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 639 sider
...Chesterfield, who in his speech said wit was in itself a property. " It is, my lords, the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...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 ; but... | |
 | 1864
...genius. " Wit, my lords," said he finely, "is the property of those who have it, and too often the oiily property they have to depend on. It is indeed but...Thank God ! we, my lords, have a dependence of another Mad." This pointed remonstrance was unavailing. The bill passed; and in the following year Chetwynd... | |
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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... 
