 | James J. Macintyre - 1843 - 476 páginas
...carried in the House of Commons, by a majority of 233 to 215, — " That it is now necessary to declare, that the influence of the Crown has increased — is increasing — and ought to be diminished." It would appear, that this was mistaking the effect for the cause ; and if for the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 páginas
...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 ate an ounce less meat. I would... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1844 - 480 páginas
...their intended motions. The very first, made by Mr. Dunning, was a thundering one: The words were, " That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." The walls could not believe their own ears ; they had not heard such language since... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1844 - 590 páginas
...their intended motions. The very first, made by Mr. Dunning, was a thundering one : The words were. " That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." The walls could not believe their own ears; they had not heard such language since... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1844 - 542 páginas
...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... | |
 | J. R. Miller - 1844 - 742 páginas
...petitions on the table, and take the sense of the committee upon them. The first of these propositions was, that " the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished."' The fact, he said, was notorious. But as a collateral evidence, he observed, that... | |
 | Alexander Hill Everett - 1845 - 582 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 to give effect... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 510 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 to give effect... | |
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That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"? 
