 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 numbers.  Littell's Living Age - Pàgina 2441849Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 632 pàgines
...the petitioners. His first motion was, that it should be resolved by this house, " that the INFLUENCE of the CROWN, had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." This motion was, by a singular fortune, warmly supported by the speaker of the house, who, though rarely... | |
 | John Britton - 1801 - 384 pàgines
...report of that memorable Committee of the whole House of Commons, which resolved, That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. The merit of Mr. Hoppner needs no other memorial than these two por* This picture belonged to a Society... | |
 | 1801 - 606 pàgines
...vote had passed the House of Commons, supported by all the country gentlemen, " tliat the influence of the '* crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be " diminished," their conduct will admit of a justification. However, the event was fatal to them ; they were displaced,... | |
 | John King (Banker) - 1803 - 226 pàgines
...discomfiture and disH3 grace of the accuser. And who will ever forget the popular motion that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ? Language was ransaqked for choice expressions, and imagination for tropes and figures to ornament... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805 - 470 pàgines
...the petitioners. His first motion was, that it should be resolved by this house, " that the INFLUENCE of the CROWN had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." This motion was, by a singular fortune, warmly supported by the speaker of the house, who, though rarely... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1807 - 760 pàgines
...learned lord ..as the famous resolution proposed by bim in the Mouse of Commons, " that *' the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, *' and ought to be diminished." Such u person having received that appointment, tinder such an administration, had led him to think... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pàgines
...incident that did not ? In the year 1780, it had been the opinion of that House, " that' the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." His right honorable friend had agreed to that resolution, and thereby declared, that the constitution... | |
 | George Walker - 1809 - 396 pàgines
...which was manifested on this occasion, and which contributed to that celebrated decision of the house, that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, had received that encouragement from above, to which it's laudable and patriotic tendency entitled... | |
 | Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 268 pàgines
...hidden power, Q'c—After the celebrated motion of Mr. Dunning, Apr. 6th, 1780, " that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished •" after the prophetick exclamation of lord Chatham, May 1771, " that our whole constitution is giving... | |
 | 1809 - 890 pàgines
...a member of the Hciuse of Commons, moved an d carried the important question, " That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing:, and ought to be diminished." Her Ladyship was sister of John Baring, esq. of Mount KadforU, near Kxctev. At Alnwick, Northumberland,,... | |
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