 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 417 sider
...Chesterfield addressed to the Peers the mordant piece of irony — " Wit is the property of those who have it, — and too often the only property they have to depend on. Thank God, we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind!" When, in modern England, a specific measure... | |
 | Walter Pater - 1906 - 148 sider
...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,... | |
 | Kolachelam Rao S. - 1986 - 326 sider
...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 to depend on. It is, indeed, but a precious dependence. Thank God, we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind. We have much less... | |
 | G. M. G. - 1908 - 128 sider
...encroachment on property ; for " wit, my Lords, is a sort of property ; it is the property of those that have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. Thank God ! We, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind." By this Bill wit, declared Chesterfield,... | |
 | John Palmer - 1913 - 307 sider
...likewise an encroachment upon property. Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property ; it is the property of those that 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 ; we have a much... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 253 sider
...definition and an apt illustration: "Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property — the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed a precarious dependence. We, my Lords, thank God, have a dependence of another kind." Viewed on its... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 311 sider
...definition and an apt illustration: "Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property — the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed a precarious dependence. We, my Lords, thank God, have a dependence of another kind." Viewed on its... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 253 sider
...definition and an apt illustration: "Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property — the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed a precarious dependence. We, my Lords, thank God, have a dependence of another kind." Viewed on its... | |
 | 1908
...definition and an apt illustration: " Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property — the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed a precarious dependence. We, my Lords, thank God, have a dependence of another kind." The game was... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 2003 - 687 sider
...likewise an Incroachment on Property. Wit, my Lords, 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 Inconveniencies of the Bill now before us; but... | |
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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... 
