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As they landed, a low growl of thunder was heard at a distance. "That is ominous, Mr. Butler," said Sir George. "Intonuit laevum it is ominous of good, then," answered Butler, smiling.
G, p. 1626: 'Someone has said that the subject of Grace is an ocean which has neither shore nor bottom. Perhaps he would have spoken more correctly if he had compared it to the Strait of Messina, where one is always in danger of striking one reef while endeavouring to avoid another. Dextrum Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet.
At clarissimi omnium fuere Nigritae; a Nigro flumine dicti; et Nubiorum gens magna, unde hodieque vastissima regio dicitur Nubia. Ea autem Athiopiae pars quae Nilo utrimque adjacet, Athiopia dicitur sub Agypto; atque in ea ad Nili paludes seu lacus Cinnamomifera regio. At totum sinus Arabici laevum larus Arabes tenuere Troglodytae, unde regio ipsa Troglodytica.
There are dangers from the extremes of too much and of too little popular liberty; from monarchy, or military despotism, on one side, and from licentiousness and anarchy on the other. This always will be the case. The classical navigator had been told that he must pass a narrow and dangerous strait: "Dextrum Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis, Obsidet."
As they landed, a low growl of thunder was heard at a distance. "That is ominous, Mr. Butler," said Sir George. "Intonuit laevum it is ominous of good, then," answered Butler, smiling.
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