| Edmund Burke - 1811 - 1102 sidor
...Mr. Rose, the famous placeman, observed, that even the celebrated resolution of Mr. Dunning, " 'I hat the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished," did not go so far as to take away all influence from the crpwn : for otherwise the motion would have... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 668 sidor
...the crown should have some influence in that house. Even the celebrated Resolution of Mr. Dunning, " That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished," did not go so far as to take away all influence from the crown. la this motion, which the hon. gent,... | |
| William Cobbett - 1814 - 730 sidor
...alteration already i Did not the resolution come to by 233 gentlemen, prove it to be the sense of this House, that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished i Had not the same majority declared, that early means must be taken to redress those grievances? That... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 sidor
...exposed to a struggle, and sometimes to a defeat. The House of Commons adopted Mr. Dunning's motion, " That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:'' and Mr. Burke's bill of reform was framed "with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1814 - 730 sidor
...their representatives accorded with the sense of their constituents. His first proposition was, whether the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. The second, whether the representatives of the people were competent to enquire into, and in case of... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1815 - 530 sidor
...provisions of the bill. It was thirteen years since the sentiment of the public had been expressed in that House — " that the influence of the crown...increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" and he was sure, there was as much reason for that resolution now, as there was at that time. He... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1815 - 532 sidor
...complain of their absence; and he called, too, upon all those who, in the year 1780, joined in the vote of that House, that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, to come forward: let them say whether they were then right; and, if so, whether that influence had... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1815 - 548 sidor
...alteration already ? Did not the resolution come to by 233 gentlemen, prove it to be the sense of this House, that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ? Had not the same majority declared, that early means must be taken to redress those grievances? That... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1815 - 520 sidor
...the presumed merit or demerit of the same minister. He was a witness to the same House, resolving, that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished; and tfeai it was the duty of the House to. give immediate and effectual redress to the grievances of... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1816 - 630 sidor
...placed upon the Journals of the House of Commons, by a vote of that house, this important resolution, " That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing and ought to be diminished," and Mr. Preston in his late publication says : " This system of patronage has led to the great increase... | |
| |