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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... "
The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Copious Notes and a Life of ... - Page 10
by Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854
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The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in ...

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1742 - 462 pages
...an Encroachment on Property. Wit, my Lords, is a fort of Property : It is the Property of thofe that 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 ; we have...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

British Plutarch - Great Britain - 1776 - 350 pages
...it is likeU'ife an incroachment on property.. " Wit, my lords, is a fort of property of thoie 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...
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Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of ..., Volume 2

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...likewife an encroachment upon property. Wit, my lords, is a fort of property : it is the property of thofe 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 ; we have...
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Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of ..., Volume 2

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...property of thofe who have it, and too often the bnly property they have to depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependence. Thank God! we, my lords, have a dependence of another kind; we have a much kls precarious fupport, and therefore cannot feel the inconveniencies of the bill now...
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Memoirs of His Own Life, Volume 1

Tate Wilkinson - Actors - 1790 - 290 pages
...commodity as wit."-—" Wit," continues Lord Chefterfield, " is a fort of property of thofe that " have it, and too often the only property they " have to depend on.—It is, indeed, but a precari" ous dependence.—Thank God ! we, my Lords, •" have a dependence...
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Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq: Principally Compiled from His ...

James Thomas Kirkman - Theater - 1799 - 510 pages
...likewife an encroachment on Property. Wit, my Lords, is a fort of property ; it is the property of thofe who 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...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...but it is likewise an 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 to depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependance. Thank God ! we, my lords, have a dependance of another kind ; we have...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...but it is likewise an 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 to depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependance. Thank God ! we, my lords, have a dependance of another kind ; we have...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...it is likewise an encroachment upon property. " Wit, .my lords, is a sort of property of those that have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is is. deed but a precarious dependance. Thank God ! we my lords, .have a dependance of another kind ;...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 1

William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 544 pages
...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, but a precarious dependence. Thank God ! we, ray lords, have a dependence of another kind; we have...
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