| 1834 - 1064 sivua
...weight of the prerogative, but the usurpation of an Oligarchy. No man is now foolish enough to assert, that the influence of the Crown " has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" the popular outcry which carried through the Revolution of 1832, ¡8 that " the influence... | |
| Caleb Cushing - 1834 - 168 sivua
...Resolution, introduced into the House of Commons by Mr Dunning in 1780, during the War of Independence. ' The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ! ' A Resolution, which even the Speaker, Sir Fletcher Norton, supported ; and which... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 288 sivua
...his parliamentary efforts, " that it is the opinion of this committee that it is necessary to declare that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." In the session of 1780—81, the legality of the various associations and societies... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 512 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... | |
| George Wingrove Cooke - 1837 - 694 sivua
...really attended to or finally and totally rejected. He then moved, that it was necessary to declare that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. Appending to this bold declaration, an assertion of the right of the house of commons... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - 488 sivua
...with the hopes of which we were insidiously led to amuse ourselves. " That we are firmly convinced that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished; and that the freedom of the country can only fie preserved by the spirit of the people, and the virtue... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - 480 sivua
...with the hopes of which we were insidiously led to amuse ourselves. " That we are firmly convinced that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished; and that the freedom of the country can only fte preserved by the spirit of the people, and the virtue... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - 480 sivua
...with the hopes of which we were insidiously led to amuse ourselves. " That we are firmly convinced that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished; and that tlie freedom of the country can only be preserved by the spirit of the people, and the virtue... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - 1839 - 316 sivua
...1782 — a vote which served as the foundation of a kind of revolution in the government : — " It is declared, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and that it ought to be diminished." Let us suppose that one of the opponents of the motion had proposed... | |
| 1840 - 1016 sivua
...commence? Did it commence in the reign of George III.? Did it exist when Mr. Dunning proposed a resolution that " the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ?" Did the Tories declare that the influence of the Crown ought to have no influence... | |
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