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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, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers. "
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 3

William Belsham - 1795 - 632 pages
...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...
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The Beauties of Wiltshire: Displayed in Statistical, Historical ..., Volume 1

John Britton - 1801 - 384 pages
...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...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 3

1801 - 606 pages
...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,...
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Letters from France, Written by J. King, in the Months of August, September ...

John King (Banker) - 1803 - 226 pages
...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...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 7

William Belsham - 1805 - 470 pages
...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...
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The Parliamentary Register: Or an Impartial Report of the Debates ..., Volume 2

Great Britain. Parliament - 1807 - 760 pages
...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...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

1808 - 546 pages
...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...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1809 - 574 pages
...Washington, and wept over the fate of Montgomery. la the opinion of that house, in 1 780, the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought...friend had subscribed. If the influence of the British crqwn was thought dangerous, what, in the eye* of rejecting Frenchmen, must the influence of the crown...
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Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books

Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 268 pages
...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...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 79, Part 1

1809 - 890 pages
...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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