 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 favour 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 ... Edmund Burke - Page 27by Edmund Burke - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1834 - 1064 pages
...rocked, and dandled into a legislator. ' A'itor in adrertum' is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 620 pages
...and dandled into a legislator ; " ,!Vttoг in advereum" is the motto for a man like me. I possessed great measure too of the first races of the English,...accomplished. The new English interest was settled d id I follow the trade of w inning the hearts, by imposing on the understandings, of the people. At... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 660 pages
...rocked, and dandled into a legislator; " Nitor in adversum" is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts, by imposing on the understandings, of the people. At every step of my progress in life, (for in every... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...in this work, are very truly and forcibly adverted to in the following passage : — " I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts by imposing on the understandings of the people. At every step in my progress in life (for in every step... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...rocked, and dandled into a legislator. ' Nitor in adversum' is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts, by imposing on the understandings of the people. At every step of my progress in life, (for at every step... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 300 pages
...rocked, and dandled into a legislator. ' Nitor in adversum' is the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts, by imposing on the understandings of the people. At every step of iny progress in life, (for at every... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...the motto for a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the arte, is some other defect in human nature, such as indolence,...»elfishnese, inattention to others, for which luxury iu imposing on the understandings of the people. At етегу step of my progress in life (for in every... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...rocked, and dandled into a legislator — Nitar in adversum* is the motto of a man like me. I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts by imposing on the understandings of the people. At every step of my progress in life (for in every step... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...and dandled into a legislator — Nitor in adverню ;•- the motto for a man like me. I possessed heei Like a mea tie great I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1854 - 838 pages
...personal purposes, are very truly and forcibly adverted to in the following passage. " I possessed not one of the qualities, nor cultivated one of the...little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts by imposing on the understandings of the people. At every step in my progress in life (for in every step... | |
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