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

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)

The author of these lines is not without his hic jacet.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

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

She is dead now, la grisette, even in Paris, and "hic jacet" may be written over the bonnet she threw pardessus les moulins.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel