 ... 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; their opinion high respect; their business unremitted attention.  The Platform: Its Rise and Progress - Page 70by Henry Lorenzo Jephson - 1892Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Parker Coke - Elections - 1803 - 462 pages
...attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfaction, to theirs ; ard, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men. 1 Lese he Hoes not deiive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1805 - 536 pages
...satisfaction, to theirs : but his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscitnce he oiigltt not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men." He, afterwards, proceeds, " you choose a member, indeed, but when you have chosen him, he is not a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to hrs own. But, VoL. II. C his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...respect , their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever,...to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature j udgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set... | |
 | Painters - 1812 - 482 pages
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 | Europe - 1812 - 500 pages
...respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to pref r their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mat, re judgment, his enlightened... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 508 pages
...respect ; their business, unremitted attention ; it is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and above all, ever...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men. Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 504 pages
...respect; their business, unremitted attention ; it i» his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and above all, ever...opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, be, ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men. Parliament is not a congress of... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...respect ; their business unretnkted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever,...to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judg- \ ment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you ; to any man, or to any... | |
 | England - 1833 - 1006 pages
...representative to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to his constituents. But his unhiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience,...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative... | |
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