 Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest,...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 14by Edmund Burke - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Books and reading - 1880 - 436 pages
...nation, with one interest, that of tin• whole ; where, not local purposes ; not local prejudice.ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a Member indeed ; but when you have chosen him, he is not Member of Bristol, but he is a Member... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices, onght to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a... | |
 | David Syme - Great Britain - 1881 - 290 pages
...prejudices ought to guide, but the general good resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed ; but when you have chosen him, he is not the member for Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament." The fallacy of this view is condensed in... | |
 | David Syme - Great Britain - 1881 - 290 pages
...agents and advocates; but Parliament is a delibera1 Hearn's Gov. of Eng., p. 465. M tive assembly of our nation with one interest, that of the whole, where not local purposes, local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good resulting from the general reason of the whole.... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Great Britain - 1882 - 614 pages
...not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. ... It is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where not local purposes nor local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good. . . . You choose a member indeed, but when... | |
 | 1882 - 528 pages
...agent and advocate against all agents and advocates ; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of our nation with one interest — that of the whole ; where not local purposes, local prejudice*, ought to guide, but the general good resulting from the general reasoning of the... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 pages
...against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation with (me interest, that of the whole — where not local purposes,...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed, but when you have chosen him he is not member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
 | George W. Lawton - Caucus - 1885 - 118 pages
...and advocates ; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation with one interest, that 49 of the whole, where, not local purposes, not local...good resulting from the general reason of the whole ; " and while the opinions of his constituents a "representative ought always rejoice to hear and ought... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 pages
...an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed ; but when you have chosen him, he is not member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
 | Sydney Edward Williams - Patriotism - 1886 - 168 pages
...not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. . . It is a deliberative assembly of one nation with one interest, that of the whole, where not local purposes nor local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good. . . You choose a member, indeed, but when... | |
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