 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1844 - 542 sivua
...up a formidable opposition. (April I6th.) At lenglli Mr. Dunning moved his celebrated resolution, " that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to he diminished," which was carried by a majority of twenty-eight votes; but a second resolution, designed... | |
 | Alexander Hill Everett - 1845 - 582 sivua
...principal danger to which the liberties of England were exposed. The cry has long been a popular one, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. I am satisfied, however, that this supposed balance is a vain imagination, and of course... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1846 - 482 sivua
...raised up a formidable opposition. (April 6th.) At length Mr. Dunning moved his celebrated resolution, " that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," which was carried by a majority of twenty-eight votes ; but a second resolution, designed... | |
 | Frank Fairplay - 1846 - 96 sivua
...tickle the ears of unreflecting persons, with such clap-trap phrases as that of Dunning — " The power of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." The tyranny under which the good people of England groan, is not the tyranny of Queen Victoria. It is that... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 510 sivua
...abstracted from the petitions on the table, and take the sense of the committee on them : the first was, 'that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;' • a fact, he observed, which was notorious ; nor could there be a stronger proof... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1849 - 524 sivua
...raised up a formidable opposition. (April 6th.) At length Mr. Dunning moved his celebrated resolution, " that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," which was carried by a majority of twenty-eight votes ; but a second resolution, designed... | |
 | Luther Stearns Cushing - 1849 - 202 sivua
...17SO, Mr. Dunning having made a motion, in the house of commons, " that, in the opinion of this house, the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," Dundas, lord-advocate of Scotland, in order to defeat the motion, proposed to amend,... | |
 | Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - 1851 - 600 sivua
...called to office, Mr. Dunning, a barrister, moved in the House of Commons his celebrated resolution, " that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." This was carried by a majority of 233 against 215. The minority imputed to the majority... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 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... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 536 sivua
...integrity, moved a resolution which was carried against the minister by a considerable majority,—' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.' This is a full recognition on record of the existence of that evil which the principle... | |
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That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"? 
