 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 σελίδες
...his constituents for the honour conferred upon him, he thus concluded : — " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...with him, their opinions high respect, their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions to theirs;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 σελίδες
...Taxation. THE RELATIONS WHICH OUGHT TO SUBSIST BETWEEN A MEMBER AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Certainly, gentlemen, 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,... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1889 - 344 σελίδες
...of conforming to them. Mr. Burke told them that he could do no such thing : " Certainly, gentlemen, 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 - 1890 - 568 σελίδες
...between a Member of Parliament and his constituents. He told the electors of Bristol that "it ought to he the happiness and glory of a representative to live...him ; their opinions high respect, their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfaction, to theirs... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1891 - 264 σελίδες
...understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the 30 closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes... | |
 | Henry Lorenzo Jephson - 1892 - 500 σελίδες
...the last century, just when the Platform was beginning to come into prominence. "It ought," he said,2 "to be the happiness and glory of a representative...with him, their opinions high respect, their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasnres, his satisfactions, to... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1893 - 280 σελίδες
...construction. The following will illustrate all these varieties of balance : — Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...him ; their opinions high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions to theirs,... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 392 σελίδες
...different view of the relation between a representative and his constituents. " Their wishes," said he, " ought to have great weight with him; their opinions, high respect; their business, unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions to theirs;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 338 σελίδες
...understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. 10 Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their 15 opinion, high respect ; their business, unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1909 - 494 σελίδες
...following ? Make a careful analysis of the selection. Obedience to Instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, 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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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. 
