 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1880 - 436 Seiten
...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,...his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfaction, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1880 - 436 Seiten
...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,...his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfaction, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 Seiten
...which should subsist between a member of Parliament and his constituents : " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...high respect; their business, unremitted attention. . . But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 Seiten
...which should subsist between a member of Parliament and his constituents : " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most uureserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their... | |
 | 1883 - 836 Seiten
...decisive and binding. Burke in a weighty passage upheld a manlier doctrine. " Certainly, gentlemen, 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 unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,... | |
 | Mary Frederica P. Dunbar - 1883 - 416 Seiten
...Deep secrecy, and firm rein on the tongue, Suit him no less. Wisdom of Goethe : PROFESSOR BLACKIE. Live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication. E. BURKE. Still subject — ever on the watch to borrow Mirth of his mirth, and sorrow of his sorrow.... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 Seiten
...his constituents for the honour conferred upon him, he thus concluded : — " Certainly, gentlemen, 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 unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 Seiten
...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...satisfactions, to theirs ; and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1889 - 344 Seiten
...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,...his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfaction, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1890 - 568 Seiten
...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...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions 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. 
