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Pechoram redire statuit, atque illic hybernare: vel si id non poterit, in flumen Duin�, quo mature satis pertinget, atque ita primo vere proximo in itinere progredi.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* Respondeo, quando hucusque eum progredi volebat Deus, tune vera demum probatione, quae in aliis multo levior sufficeret, defunctum esse: [1120] 1
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Suetonius (_Tib. _ 38) refers to a popular quip on the emperor that compares him to an actor on the classic Greek stage: "Biennio continuo post ademptum imperium pedem porta non extulit; ... ut vulgo iam per iocum Callip (p) ides vocaretur, quem cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi proverbio Graeco notatum est."
The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916
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Dei disponit [ordnet] malum, et metas illi constituit, quousque progredi et quam diu durare debeat, idque eo dirigit, ut, licet per se malum sit, nihilominus electis Dei ad salutem cedat. impelling man to crime.
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Dial [1] non progredi, progress. esse conspicimus.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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I cannot boast of advancement, and in cases of convalescence it may be said, with few exceptions, non progredi, est regredi.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Ubi primum figamus pedem, inveniro multo magis satagimus, quam (ubi inveninius) ulterius progredi.
Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Ubi primum figamus pedem, inveniro multo magis satagimus, quam (ubi inveninius) ulterius progredi.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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_Progrediri_ or _progredi_ I thought indifferent, my authority being Ainsworth.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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Dial [614] _non progredi, progress. esse conspicimus_.
Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 James Boswell 1767
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