hic jacet
Example Sentences
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It is a mere finger-point, the hic jacet, the sic itur.
From To Cuba and Back by Dana, Richard Henry
If an author quietly buries himself in his book,—very good! hic jacet; peace to his ashes!
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various
It is to be recovered: but that the merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer, I would have that drum or another, or hic jacet.
From All's Well That Ends Well by Shakespeare, William
Hic, O viator, sub Lare parvulo Couleius hic est conditus, hic jacet; Defunctus humani laboris Sorte, supervacuague vila.
From Cowley's Essays by Cowley, Abraham
The epitaph that he had written for himself was carved beneath the bust: Paucis notus, paucioribus ignotus, hic jacet Democritus Junior, cui vitam dedit et mortem Melancholia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
