 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 334 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 - 336 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... | |
 | 1925 - 138 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 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... | |
 | Roger Coxon - 1925 - 348 sider
...of theatres he says : — " 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... | |
 | 1908 - 976 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." The game was... | |
 | 1909 - 1118 sider
...told the Lords they had no right to put excise on wit. ' Wit, my lords, is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have...depend on. It is, indeed, but a precarious dependence,' and then added, cynically, ' Thank God, we, my lords, have dependence of another kind.' There is no... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 2003 - 824 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... | |
 | Thomas Keymer, Tom Keymer, Peter Sabor - 2005 - 324 sider
...made his celebrated contention that 'wit ... 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'.101 Having been the first journalist to print the speech (as he illegally did in Fog's on 2 July),... | |
 | John McCormick, Mairi MacInnes - 2006 - 400 sider
...likewise an Encroachment 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 to depend on. It is, indeed, but a precarious Dependance. Thank God! We— my Lords, have a Dependance of another Kind, we have a much less precarious... | |
 | Edward Andrew - 2006 - 297 sider
...likewise an encroachment on property. 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.'108 Yet, real property outweighed wit, and Fielding was forced to turn to... | |
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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... 
