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" Nitor in adversum" is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the arts, that recommend men to the favor and protection of the great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I follow the trade... "
The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and Critical ... - Page 263
by Edmund Burke - 1834
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 444 pages
...rocked, and dandled into a legiflator ; " Niter in adverfum" is the motto for a man like me. I poffeffed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...that recommend men to the favour and protection of of the great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I follow the trade of winning the...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 35

England - 1834 - 1046 pages
...was not, like his Grace, swaddled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator. ' Nitor in adrersum ' is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the art*, that recommend men to the favour and protection of the great. I was not made for a minion or...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...provision in life. " I was not," said he, in his forcible manner, " swaddled, rocked, and dandled into a legislator. Nitor in adversum is the motto for a man like me." He was arrived too at the age of 36— a time when this multifarious knowledge was digested and methodized...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...dandled into a slator — Nitor in adver sum is the motto fur a man like me. I possessed not one he r flocks and herds to another. Many, of the people in the back settlements protection of the great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I )\v the trade of winning...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 35

England - 1834 - 1056 pages
...not, like his Grace, su'addled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator. ' Nitor in adrersutii ' is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one...protection of the great. I was not made for a minion or a too). As little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts, by imposing on the understandings of...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 35

Scotland - 1834 - 1064 pages
...was not, like his Grace, swaddled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator. ' A'itor in adrertum' is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one...favour and protection of the great. I was not made fur a minion or a tool. Лв little did I follow the trade of hearts, hv imnneinw on At every step...
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“The” Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 618 pages
...his grace of Bedford, swaddled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator ; " JVitor in advcrtrum" is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one...recommend men to the favour and protection of the great. 1 was not made for a minion or a tool. As littledid I follow the trade of winning the hearts, hy imposing...
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 590 pages
...estimate I leave the matter. I was not, like his grace of Bedford, swaddled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator; " Nitor in adversum" is the motto for...cultivated one of the arts, that recommend men to the favor and protection of the great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I follow the...
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 586 pages
...like his grace of Bedford, swaddled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator; " Nitor in adverstim," is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one...cultivated one of the arts, that recommend men to the favor and protection of the great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I follow the...
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Memoir of the Life and Character of Edmund Burke: With Specimens of His ...

Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...provision in life. " I was not," said he, in his forcible manner, " swaddled, rocked, and dandled into a legislator. Nitor in adversum is the motto for a man like me." He was arrived too at the age of thirty-six — a time when this multifarious knowledge was digested...
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