 | 1854 - 598 Seiten
...works." This may be very true ; but it must be remembered that the former were written when " the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" — the latter came forth when democracy was rampant in France and threatened to become dangerous... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 460 Seiten
...former by 210 to 162. The latter by 203 to 118. } Dunning's famous Resolution on the 6th of April, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. It was carried by 233 to 215. § On the 10th of April, when Dunning's motion for securing the independence... | |
 | Philip Vernon Smith - 1873 - 366 Seiten
...Parliament was destined at length to prevail. In 1780 the House of Commons passed resolutions, affirming that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, and that the House of Commons had a right to correct abuses in the civil list expenditure and every other... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1874 - 864 Seiten
...that the influence of the committee — in the words of Dunning's well known resolution on the power of the crown — had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, that it weakened the position of the captain and consequently paralyzed the action of the Eleven, resolved... | |
 | Albany Fonblanque - 1874 - 564 Seiten
...eyes.— (1854.) ' PUT out the light — and then '? — Some years ago the cry was that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. It is held now in certain quarters, high and low, that the power of the Press has increased, is increasing,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1875 - 840 Seiten
...be gradually lessening, Mr Dunning, on the 6th of April 1780, carried, by a majority of eighteen, a motion, 'that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished.' This was looked upon as a severe censure of the government In the year 1778, an act had been passed... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1875 - 412 Seiten
...out and stationed in the immediate vicinity. In the midst of this excitement a motion, to the effect that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, was supported by the Speaker of the House of Commons, adopted with an immaterial amendment by the Government... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1875 - 414 Seiten
...out and stationed in the immediate vicinity. In the midst of this excitement a motion, to the effect that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, was supported by the Speaker of the House of Commons, adopted with an immaterial amendment by the Government... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 514 Seiten
...of general warrants. ability, and a politician of no mean calibre, moved his memorable resolution, " that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished."* He introduced it, as Mr. Massey remarks, with a moderation of language which became the authority of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 Seiten
...DUNNING' S RES OL UTIONS. ability, and a politician of no mean calibre, moved his memorable resolution, " that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished."* He introduced it, as Mr. Massey remarks, with a moderation of language which became the authority of... | |
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