arca
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We know very well what was said formerly:— "Populus me sibilat; at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca."
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
But it gives the strong box itself, the fund, the bank, from whence only revenues can arise amongst a people sensible of freedom: Posita luditur arca.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund
In the meantime you must make yourself contented by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miser— "'Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.'"
From A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
"And so it is your opinion," said he to the mendicant, "that this windfall—this arca auri, as Plautus has it, will not greatly avail Sir Arthur in his necessities?"
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
The arca, or family sepulture, can no longer be traced in the church.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
