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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. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him;... "
The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke - Page 95
by Edmund Burke - 1869
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Coke and Birc[h].: The Paper War, Carried on at the Nottingham Election ...

Daniel Parker Coke - 1803 - 462 pages
...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...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect; their otrsiness, uuremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 223

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 great weight with him ; their opinion, high ' respect ; their business, unremitted attention.' And even while claiming that a member...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...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,...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...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,...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...altercation and uneasiness in this city ;" and he expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly,...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

1808 - 540 pages
...a topic touched upon by my worthy colleague. I wish that topic had been passed by, at a time when J have so little leisure to discuss it. But since he...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect , their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...tells you, " that the topic of instructions has occasioned much altercation and uneasiness in diis city ;" and he expresses himself (if I understand...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volume 4

1812 - 500 pages
...speech to the electors of Bristol, he discusses the point in the following unanswerable language. " .Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion high respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 518 pages
...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...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect ; their business,. unremitted attention ; it is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 508 pages
...the reach of all future litigation. " Certainly, gentlemen," says he, " it ought to be thehappiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect ; their business, unremitted attention ; it is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...
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