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The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. Cochrane - Page 424
edited by - 1877
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Coke and Birc[h].: The Paper War, Carried on at the Nottingham Election ...

Daniel Parker Coke - 1803 - 462 pages
...man, or to any set of men. 1 Lese he Hoes not deiive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

1808 - 540 pages
...any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure — no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...answerable. Your representative owes you, not his induftry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 33

1833 - 1006 pages
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. * # * « » if government were a matter of will, upon any side ; yours, without question, ought to...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4

John Sanderson - 1823 - 308 pages
...to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law nor the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...serving, you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." " Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4

John Sanderson - 1823 - 336 pages
...no, nor from the law nor the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of wnich he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes...serving, you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." " Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...Your representative owes you not his industry only, hut his judgment ; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " My...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 3

John Sanderson, Robert Waln - 1828 - 438 pages
...nor from the law nor the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which be is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you...judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if be sacrifices it to your opinion." " Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment,...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure: no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from providence, for...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. — Burke— to the Electors of Bristol. To embarrass justice by a multiplicity of laws or to hazard...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...to any set of men living. These he dogs not derive from your pleasure: no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from providence, for...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. — Burke — to the Electors of Bristol. LVIII. To embarrass justice by a multiplicity of laws, or...
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Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

Great Britain. Parliament - 1831 - 762 pages
...the principle that a Representative " was not a member for Bristol, but a Member of Parliament," " Your Representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." His own opinion entirely accorded with that of Mr. Burke. The excitements of this question of Parliamentary...
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