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[Quo propius ad polum acceditur, e� directorium Nauiticum magis a Septentrione deuiat.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Qui, inquit, naturam tanti incendij contemplari cupiunt, & ob id ad montem propius accedunt, eos vna aliqua vorago viuos absorbet &c. Qu� res, vt dixi, nostr� genti est ignota prorsus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Qui, inquit, naturam tanti incendij contemplari cupiunt, & ob id ad montem propius accedunt, eos vna aliqua vorago viuos absorbet &c. Quæ res, vt dixi, nostræ genti est ignota prorsus.
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Numidae propius accessissent, ibi vero [317] virtutem ostendere et eos maxima vi caedere, fundere atque fugare.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Alterum, quod huic diversum est, ne recentis hujus lasciviæ flosculis capti, voluptate quâdam pravâ deliniantur, ut prædulce illud genus, et puerilibus ingeniis hoc gratius, quo propius est, adament.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Ubiī proximē Rhēnum incolunt, _the Ubii dwell next to the Rhine_; propius castra hostium, _nearer the camp of the enemy_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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BOOK TWELFTH l. 218 -- _Tum magis, ut propius cernunt non viribus aequis.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Deinde, ubi propius ventum est, utrimque magno clamore concurritur.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Cum enim Misenensi classi praeesset, et flagrante Vesuvio ad explorandas propius causas liburnica pertendisset, neque adversantibus ventis remeare posset, vi pulveris ac favillae oppressus est, vel, ut quidam existimant, a servo suo occisus, quem aestu deficiens ut necem sibi maturaret oraverit. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Alterum, quod huic diversum est, ne recentis huius lasciviae flosculis capti voluptate prava deleniantur, ut praedulce illud genus et puerilibus ingeniis hoc gratius, quo propius est, adament. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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