...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the House of Commons, ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished? ' " JOHNSON. " Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would...

...principal danger to which the liberties of England were exposed. The cry has long been a popular one, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. I am satisfied, however, that this supposed balance is a vain imagination, and of course...

...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the House of Commons, ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished ?' " JOHNSON. " Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would...

...Commons. The first decided symptom of this change was the result of the famous motion of Dunning — ' That the influence of the Crown has increased, is ' increasing, and ought to be diminished' — which, after a hot debate, was carried, on the 6th of April, 1780, by 233 to 215...

...a full answer to the petitioners. His first motion was, that it should be resolved by this House, " that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." This motion was warmly supported by the speaker of the House, who declared, that on an occasion like the...

...tending but remotely to despotism. If there be a time, in which the senate of a free country has declared that the influence of the crown " has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished;" and if, instead of a consequent diminution, there be an evident increase of that influence;...

...favour of parliamentary reform, proceed upon the belief of Mr. Dunning's or Mr. Burke's famous motion, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. Whether that position was true when the motion was made and carried, might with great...

...fixed for taking into consideration the petitions for reform, Mr Dunning moved his famous resolution, " That the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." In the debate which ensued upon it, the lord-advocate of Scotland, by way of defeating...

...been vexed by all the turbulence of this reign, and by that absurd vote of the house of commons, ' That the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished?'" JOHNSON. " Sir, I have never slept an hour less, nor eat an ounce less meat. I would...

...on the army estimates, xxiii 160] .... consideration of the petitions, xxiii 164] 189] .... motion, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished, carried, xxiii 167] 140 141 house to correct the civil list expenditure carried, xxiii...