A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison.:
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.
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Political Observations.
A MEMBER of parliament can neither answer to his constituents, or to his conscience, his non-attendance on the national business, iii. 128. [101].
Should any good motion be lost by one, or by a few, every absent member has it to reproach himself, with the evil consequences of its failure, iii. 128. [102].
A good man will not be attached to party. He would be glad to give an administration every vote. Those who are always in opposition to a ministry, must be sometimes wrong as well as they, iii. 210. [166]. iv. 154. [132].
Yet, in a constitution like the British, where each of the legislative powers is designed to be a check on the other, there may happen cases, where an opposition may be necessary for its preservation, ibid.
