 | Sir George Cockburn - England - 1831 - 216 pages
...conquered both. In April 1780, the Commons passed the famous resolution, " That it is necessary to declare that the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.'' Had I been a member of the Honourable House, I should have moved an amendment, viz.... | |
 | 1831 - 624 pages
...of the nation, but as essentially the same, when clearly understood. If the well-known resolution, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished, had been carried in an Irish House of Commons, instead of an English one, it would have... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1832 - 464 pages
...favour of parliamentary reform, proceed upon the belief of Mr. Dunning' s or Mr. Burke's famous motion, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. Whether that position was true when the motion was made and carried, might with great... | |
 | Parliament lists - 1832 - 1026 pages
...constituent bodies is essentially necessary, have come to a resolution, " that it is necessary to declare, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." less judicious. In the midst of a war, in which nothing its unhappy circumstances)... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 624 pages
...finish'd ; " Sure none will say—It ought to be diminished" the last 4 lines allude to the celebrated vote of the House of Commons " that the Influence of the " Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to " be diminished "—there is also an allusion to a Member... | |
 | Pablo Pebrer (i.e., Antonio Pablo) - Debts, Public - 1833 - 598 pages
...regulation of his majesty's civil establishment"; and Dunning moved, " that it is necessary to declare, 1st. that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ; 2dly. that it is competent for parliament to examine and correct the abuses and the... | |
 | Scotland - 1834 - 1064 pages
...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 - United States - 1834 - 168 pages
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...parliament. I never would sell my vote, and I should be vexed if things went wrong." JOHNSON. " That 's cant, sir. It would not vex you more in the House...JOHNSON. "Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor ate an ounce less meat. I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head, to be sure; but 1 was not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1836 - 512 pages
...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... | |
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That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, •and ought to be diminished ? 
