hic jacet

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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

Meanwhile, will nobody write the hic jacet of the deceased? or no publisher engage for his reminiscences?

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 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

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

One or two melancholy-looking cows were feeding on the rank herbage that sprang from the unctuous soil, spurning many a hic jacet with their cloven hoofs.

From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)