arca
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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
In 1632 a new chancel was added to the church now S. Simeone; the arca was repaired and placed in its present position.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
In the seventh year of Henry II a charge appears in the Pipe Roll for conveying the "arca", in which the book was kept, from Winchester to London.
From Winchester by Haslehust, E. W.
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
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
