 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 ページ
...I owe you a clear explanation of my poor sentiments on that subject. He tells you that " the topic of instructions has occasioned much altercation and...communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to havei great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect ; their business, unremitted attention. It... | |
 | Daniel Parker Coke - 1803 - 462 ページ
...the candid perusal of the Electors of NOTTINGHAM. CKHTAIT? LT, gentleman, it ought to be the happiand glory of a Representative to live in the strictest...weight with him ; their opinion, high respect; their otrsiness, uuremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfaction,... | |
 | 1916 - 476 ページ
...hideous nightmare. But even Burke recognised the general responsibility of a member of Parliament to his constituents : ' Their wishes ' ought to have...' respect ; their business, unremitted attention.' And even while claiming that a member of Parliament ought not to sacrifice his ' enlightened conscience... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 504 ページ
...of their, constituents," out of the reach of all future litigation. "Certainly, gentlemen," says he, "it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...respect; their business, unremitted attention ; it i» his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and above all, ever... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 ページ
...reason, instinct is always in the right. INSTRUCTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS TO THEIR MEMBERS. CERTAINLY, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unretnkted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to... | |
 | 1897 - 808 ページ
...me when I first read it many years ago, at the time of my own election to Parliament. Burke said : "It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him, their opinions high respect, their business unremltted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1823 - 308 ページ
...constituents, without uttering a sentiment or urging an argument, which he did not feel: " Certainly, gendemon, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, I his satisfactions, to theirs; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 ページ
...his mother spare: It is no armour for the heart. Etheridgr, Though beauty be a killing dart, LVII. It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...satisfactions, to theirs and, above all, ever, and in all canes, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 ページ
...instructions has occasioned much altercation and uneasiness in this city;" and he expresses himself (if 1 + g } sξ { 1\ 5{M z /o ;ž M 4fg ... - |O nz N8 :l = N; l b*(ᦥMk@ d;Sq) Z .: N re* spect; their business unremiited attention. It is his duty to sacrifice hie repose, his pleasures,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 ページ
...tells you, that ' Ihc topiek of instructions has occasioned much altercation and uneasiness in ¡his city;' and he expresses himself (if I understand him...unreserved communication with his constituents. Their »ishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremittcd... | |
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Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. 
