 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. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him;...  Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice - Page 158by Courtenay Ilbert - 1911 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved 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 pages
...the happiand glory of a Representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....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 pages
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative, to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative, to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative, to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to hrs own. But, VoL. II. C his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he... | |
 | 1808 - 540 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature j udgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you,... | |
 | 1812 - 500 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative, to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....theirs; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to pref r their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mat, re judgment, his enlightened... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 504 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....cases, to prefer their interest to his own : but his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 504 pages
...happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents....respect; their business, unremitted attention ; it i» his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and above all, ever... | |
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