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 Edmund Burke
"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 Sir Walter Scott
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 Edmund Burke
Through the central arch the arca and a little cross are seen.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
Perhaps the lettered blocks drawn for the inquirer from the arca were arranged here on this slab.
From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
