 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...  Edmund Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord - Strona 21autor: Edmund Burke - 1898 - Liczba stron: 83Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - Liczba stron: 404
...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...traversed and opposed), and at every turnpike I met, * I struggle against adversity. (263) I was obliged to snow my passport, and again and again to prove my... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1854 - Liczba stron: 586
...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...on the understandings of the people. At every step in my progress in life (for in every step was I traversed and opposed), and at every turnpike I met,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1854 - Liczba stron: 838
...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...on the understandings of the people. At every step in my progress in life (for in every step was I traversed and opposed), and at 1795. LETTER TO A NOBLE... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1854 - Liczba stron: 382
...aspiring intellect to the favor of the powerful ; he was not made for a minion or a tool ; and he did not follow the trade of winning the hearts by imposing...on the understandings of the people. At every step in his life he was traversed and opposed ; and at every turnpike he was obliged to show his passport,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1855 - Liczba stron: 564
...been witness to their effect, and has profited of them more or less for above eight and twenty years. As little did I follow the trade of winning the hearts,...at every turnpike I met, I was obliged to show my passport, and again and again to prove my sole title to the honour of being useful to my country, by... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - Liczba stron: 638
...great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. AB litlledid I follow the trade of winning the hearts, hy imposing on the understandings, of the people. At...traversed and opposed,) and at every turnpike I met, I was ohliged to shew my passport, and again and again tc prove my sole title to the honour of heing useful... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1861 - Liczba stron: 568
...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...on the understandings, of the people. At every step ' if my progress in life, (for in every step was I traversed and opposed,) and at every turnpike I... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - Liczba stron: 460
...pro Archia, ; " Haecstudia adoleacentiam, alunt, senectutem delectant," &c. j the great. I was not made for a minion or a tool. As little did I ! follow...the trade of winning the hearts, by imposing on the underj standings, of the people. At every step of my progress in life (for in every step was I traversed... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - Liczba stron: 244
...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...opposed — and at every turnpike I met I was obliged to shew my passport, and again and again to prove my sole title to the honour of being useful to my country,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1866 - Liczba stron: 526
...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...at every turnpike I met, I was obliged to show my passport, and again and again to prove my sole title to the honor of being useful to my country, by... | |
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