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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. "
The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a ... - Page 47
by Peter Burke - 1845 - 426 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to havei great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect ; their business, unremitted attention. It...
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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...weight with him ; their opinion, high respect; their otrsiness, uuremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfaction,...
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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...' respect ; their business, unremitted attention.' And even while claiming that a member of Parliament ought not to sacrifice his ' enlightened conscience...
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Hogarth Illustrated from His Own Manuscripts, Volume 2

1812 - 482 pages
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 504 pages
...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...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 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,...him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unretnkted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to...
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The North American Review, Volume 165

1897 - 808 pages
...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,...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4

John Sanderson - 1823 - 308 pages
...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...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...expresses himself (if I understand him riirhtly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremittcd attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pages
...expresses himself (if 1 understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. ̭Zy Q [ a Va 칧 } w= zr h e朷 m - |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,...
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