 | William Cobbett - 1816 - 736 pages
...bitter lesson of snd experience. He mentioned the resolution agitated some years since, that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, declaring, that he had voted against the maxim, being convinced of the contrary ; but that now, those... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 pages
...probable speedy termination. He called upon all those who, in 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 and say whether they were then right, and, if so, whether that influence had since... | |
 | James Mill - 1817 - 806 pages
...House of Com- jjr pi,u.and mons, he observed, had, in the year 1780, proclaimed their solemn opinion, that " the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." In defiance of this alarming declaration, in violation of the solemn protestations with which the nation... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell - 1817 - 726 pages
...their deeds. It has been said by a gentleman, whom he hoped to see support mm this night (Mr. Burke) that the ' influence of the Crown had ' increased, was increasing and ought to be 1 diminished.' If anv thing had since that period been pared off the influence of the Crown, Mr. Pitt,... | |
 | 1849 - 792 pages
...inhabitants the most industrious and wellconditioned in Europe ; loud denunciations that the power of the crown " had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ; " lamentations on the evidently approaching extinction of the liberties of England, under the combined... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1780 - 494 pages
...foreign power. Though during the American war it was voted, in the House of Commons, that " the power of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished," it is evident that, so far from being diminished, it has kept increasing since that time ; and how... | |
 | Henry Flood - 1820 - 224 pages
...Constitution must he arbitrary power. What did the House of Commons say in their memorable resolution ? That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ! Does any man doubt this authority ? Were they not witnesses of the fact, as well as judges of the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pages
...they forget that this immaculate parliament, more than twenty years ago, declared by a solemn vote that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ? Do they forget that the present prime minister declared eighteen years ago, that unless that assembly... | |
 | 1822 - 654 pages
...they forget that this immaculate parliament, more than twenty years ago, declared by a solemn vote that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished 1 Do they forget that the present prime minister declared 'eighteen years ago, that unless that assembly... | |
 | 1822 - 640 pages
...they forget that this immaculate parliament, more than twenty years ago, declared by a solemn vote that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished ? Do they forget that the present prime minister declared eighteen years ago, that unless that assembly... | |
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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, 162 introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers. 
