 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 538 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 - 174 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 - 342 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 - 168 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 - 320 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... | |
 | Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1918 - 508 sider
...encroachment upon property." "Wit, my Lords," he said, "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 inconvenience of the bill now before us ; but... | |
 | Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1918 - 628 sider
...encroachment upon property." "Wit, my Lords," he said, "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 inconvenience of the bill now before us ; but... | |
 | Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1918 - 506 sider
...Lords," he said, "is a sort of prop- v erty; it is the property of those who have it, and too often h the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed...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... | |
 | Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1918 - 508 sider
...property; it is the property of those who have it, and, too often the only property theyirave'Io_depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependence. Thank...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... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 342 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... | |
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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... 
