Which preposition to use with nestor
Kossuth, the Nestor of the struggle for liberty, lives at present in retirement in Turin, [Footnote: Kossuth died at Turin, Italy, March 20, 1894.ED.]
But how can I present the statesmen of the nineteenth century without including him,the Nestor among political personages, who for forty years has taken an important part in the government of England?
" The mere recollection of this novel-like adventure, the most unheard-of in history, used to fill him with enthusiasm, and, in passing, he paid highest tribute to the Almogavar chronicler, a rude Homer in song, Ulysses and Nestor in council, and Achilles in hard action.
The young lady whom he had married, if she had before regarded him as a Paris and an Achilles incorporated into one person, now added the wisdom of a Nestor to the category of his accomplishments.