hic jacet
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He may sadly lay upon his heart the stifling solace, There will be no baffled wants nor unhappiness, but all will be over when hic jacet is sculptured on the headstone of my grave.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
May no rude hand deface it, And its forlorn hic jacet!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
The author of these lines is not without his hic jacet.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
She is dead now, la grisette, even in Paris, and "hic jacet" may be written over the bonnet she threw pardessus les moulins.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
H.J., hic jacet=Here lies;—H.J.S., hic jacet sepultus=Here lies buried.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
