"Previous question" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Victorian. It is even to be feared that the interpolations of the clowns have sometimes crept into and disfigured the Shakespearean text, much to the puzzlement of the commentators. Often as Hamlet's reforming speech has been recited, it has been generally met and nullified by someone moving "the previous question." At the same time, while there is an inclination to decry perhaps too strenuously the condition of the modern stage, it is fair to credit it with a measure of amendment in regard both to rant and gag. Of late ...
— A Book of the Play - Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character • Dutton Cook
... of discussion the member in charge of the bill will generally move the previous question in order to cut short the debate and bring the House to a direct vote ...
— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson
... to be a reply to his previous question, and my excited manner confirmed him in the belief that a woman had actually ...
— The Quadroon - Adventures in the Far West • Mayne Reid
... in other States), so as to limit it to nations with which France was at war. This proposal—obviously designed to soothe the apprehensions of Pitt—displeased the "patriotic" majority, which disposed of it by carrying the "previous question." After this the decree of 19th November could no longer be treated as a meaningless effervescence of Gallic enthusiasm; and, when taken with the disloyal addresses presented by certain English clubs on 28th November, its reaffirmation produced ...
— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose
... God for that," exclaimed the visitor, with a will. She considered for a moment, and then reverted to the previous question. "So you did not know that my vivid young friend's ...
— My Friend Prospero • Henry Harland
... know our friends; by asking advice we find who are wise: so if we make trial of God, we shall find that He is All-seeing, All-present, and Watchful over all." This argument does not enter upon the question whether there is one God or more; but it deals with the previous question of Godhead; and with all that is implied in 'Maker of Heaven ...
— The Prayer Book Explained • Percival Jackson
... thought it was a good maxim not to argue with the huntsmen while shooting the rabbits, and moved the previous question."—Morning Post. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 9, 1917 • Various
... came on yesterday, and was lost, on the previous question, by 221 to 169. This division very far exceeded my expectations, and, indeed, I believe those of most people, considering the popular nature of the question, and the many personal considerations which induced people to ...
— Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third - From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2) • The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
