Dempster, as a proprietor, declared against the motion; but 409 though Grenville had announced the dissatisfaction the measure would occasion, it created less heat than he expected: nor did either directors or proprietors petition against it, those who had been most alarmed soon discovering that whatever should be gained from the Company, would stand in lieu of burthens that otherwise might be laid on themselves.
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4) by Horace Walpole