...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,...representative to live in the strictest union, the 30 closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes...

...exact proposition discussed in the following ? Make a careful analysis of the selection. Obedience to Instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...

...himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. 10 Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...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,...

...honours would now be laughed at who should venture to say, as Burke did to the electors of Bristol, " It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect...

...their form and become long-drawn, stately periods. — OW HOLMES: Atlantic Monthly, January, 1864. 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,...

...paragraph five, sentences 14, 15, 18, and 20 show marked likeness of form in the contrasting parts. 1. Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...most unreserved communication with his constituents. 2. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted...

...convictions reveal them to him. Listen to Edmund Burke, speaking to the electors of Bristol. He said: It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...high respect; their business unremitted attention. . . . But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice...

...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,...the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communix By EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), statesman and philosopher. In 1766 he entered Parliament just...

...Constitution was in danger. See No. 123. — For Burke, see Burke, Works ; J. Morley, Edmund Burke. cation with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect ; their business, unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...

...him rightly) in favor of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, Gentlemen, itonght to be the happiness and glory of a representative...him ; their opinions high respect ; their business un remitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions, to...