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Proprie uero proprium Britanniae est, ut incolae eius in peregrinationem tendentes, omnibus gentibus cultu et sumptu clariores ex hoc unde sint dinosci possint.’’
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Proprie uero proprium Britanniae est, ut incolae eius in peregrinationem tendentes, omnibus gentibus cultu et sumptu clariores ex hoc unde sint dinosci possint.’’
— A particular characteristic of Britain is that its natives, when travelling abroad, are more splendid in their dress and manner of living, whence they may be distinguished from all other peoples.
— Book I, §6, pp. 18-21.
Si quicquam cupido optantique optigit umquam insperanti, hoc est gratum animo Proprie.
— If anything has happened to one who ever yearned and wished
but never hoped, that is a rare pleasure of the soul.CVII
Difficile est Proprie communia dicere.
— It is difficult to speak of the universal specifically.
— Line 128.
Si quicquam cupido optantique optigit umquam insperanti, hoc est gratum animo Proprie.
— If anything has happened to one who ever yearned and wished
but never hoped, that is a rare pleasure of the soul.
— CVII
Difficile est Proprie communia dicere.
horace— It is difficult to speak of the universal specifically.Line 128.
