A play with a situation which might have been written specially for that dear old lady, Mrs Grundy; a situation which makes a licence for its performance quite out of the question in Mrs Grundy's England.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
More than one of the men he had sold had threatened to wipe off old scores without leave or licence.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
It was indeed a poor acknowledgment, for, in answer to a petition, James I. granted him a licence to beg.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews