 | William Gordon - 1801 - 452 sivua
...thousand electors. Mr. Dunning opened the business in an accurate nnd weighty speech, and then moved — "That the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be .diminished.'.' The lord-advocate of Scotland, to obtain a negative, . Ijjoyedan amendment, in the... | |
 | William Gordon - 1801 - 452 sivua
...thousand electors. Mr. Dunning opened the business in an accurate ajid weighty speech, and then moved — "That the influence of 'the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be .diminished.'.' The locdradvocate of Scotland, to obtain a negative, i^oyed an amendment, in the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1802 - 396 sivua
...The House of Commons has, in an auspicious hour, resolved, and it can never be too often repeated, that the influence of the crown has increased,. is increasing, and ought to be diminished. Influence is more dangerous than prerogative.... It is a subtle poison that acts unseen.... | |
 | charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 570 sivua
...minority, moved, as an introduction to other propositions which were to fill up his plan of reform, f " that the influence of the " crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished."—So general was the conviction of the fact, that, notwithstanding the minister opposed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 sivua
...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the House of Commons, ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, •and ought to be diminished ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, 1 have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 sivua
...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the House of Commons, ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1807 - 780 sivua
...growing infringements of the constitution demand our most serious and earnest attention. I, who think the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished, am a friend to frequent appeals to the people, but not by means of dissolutions. Let... | |
 | 1808 - 540 sivua
...will not differ from any as to the principle, though copied from none. My first resolution will be, " that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished :" my second, " that it is competent for this house to reform the civil list, or any... | |
 | 1809 - 624 sivua
...growing infringements of the constitution demand our most serious and earnest attention. I, who think the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished, am a friend to frequent appeals to the people, but not by means of dissolutions, tet... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 648 sivua
...or by either house of the legislature. It is true that one of those houses has publicly resolved, " That the influence of the crown has increased, " is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" at the same time, instead of following up its resolution by suitable remedies for... | |
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That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"? 
