 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;...  Works - Page 95by Edmund Burke - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pages
...JUDGMENT IN MEMBERS or PARLIAMENT, AND OBJECTIONS TO THEIR BEING PLEDGED TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY. — 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,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 pages
...successfully given by the speaker, if he enters earnestly into the argument. Itoughttobethe7«jj>pzness - and glory - of a representative, to live - in the...wishes / ought to have great weight with him ; / their opinion, high respect, / their business, \ tmremitted attention. / It is his duty, to sacrifice his... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...understand him rightly, in favor of a coercive authority of instructions from constituents. Certainly, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...most unreserved communication with his constituents. 2. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business,... | |
 | George Crosby - 1847 - 424 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,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...confident, that his present thoughts and conclusions are just and true, and cannot be deceived. 46. 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,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 558 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,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 552 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,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all upon. — Sterne. REPRESENTATIVES. — 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,... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 pages
...representatives are bound by the instructions of their constituents?" Burke spoke to the electors thus : " 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,... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 346 pages
...representatives are bound by the instructions- of their constituents?" Burke spoke to the eleetors thus: " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...representative to live in the strictest union, the elpsest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought... | |
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