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† non ˈultra Obs.
[L. = ‘not beyond’.]
= ne plus ultra 2, 2 b. Also attrib.
Formerly the name of a ‘walk’ in Oxford (see Wood Antiq. Oxford O.H.S. I. 344, 576; III. 221).[1589Greene Tullies Loue Ep. Ded. Wks. (Grosart) VII. 99 Suche as read Non vltra, on Hercules pillers. c1600Timon i. iv, At Gades I washt away Non vltra writt with Hercules owne hand.] 1611Coryat Crudities sig. b 3v, To give the Non vltra of him in a word, he is so Substantive an Author as will stand by himselfe. a1666Evelyn Diary 8 Feb. an. 1645 (1955) II. 354, I left this Ode..as the Non ultra of my Travells. 1672Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal iv. i, Is not that good language now? is not that elevate? It's my non ultra, I gad. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. (1716) 62 Let not the law of thy country be the non ultra of thy honesty. a1700Evelyn Diary 8 Feb. 1645, This I made the non ultra of my travels. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. vii. 357 Now light is at our journey's end, arrived at its non ultra, there being no part..disposed to transmit it any further. |