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Title—And next folowyng begynnith an amerowse compleynte made at wyndesore in the laste May tofore Novembre (sic).
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERMists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 194, JULY 16, 1853VARIOUSSic utere tuo ut alienum non la is not merely a legal maxim, but it is a grand doctrine of life.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHIEfter hearin' him, it fair knocked the stories on the heid aboot him bein' oot to smash the hame, an' religion an' sic like.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHDammit, hae ye nae common sense, swearin' an' jokin' about sic a thing!
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHMistress Jean she was makin' the elder-flower wine; "And what brings the Laird at sic a like time?"
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUSNa, na, Leeby; dinna let me ever think o' sic a thing this month.
A WINDOW IN THRUMSJ. M. BARRIE"It'll be a warnin' to ye, Sam'l, no to be in sic a hurry i' the futur," said Sanders.
AULD LICHT IDYLLSJ. M. BARRIE"That has 'Sic transit vita' on it," she said hurriedly, lest she should be forestalled.
QUEENSLAND COUSINSELEANOR LUISA HAVERFIELDHe was also influenced to make this exposition by the "Sic et Non" of Abélard, which tended to unsettle belief.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VJOHN LORDWORDS RELATED TO SIC
- advise
- aid
- arouse
- assist
- bring up
- call forth
- cause
- convince
- draw
- egg on
- elicit
- evoke
- exhort
- get
- give rise to
- goad
- help
- help out
- hint
- impel
- imply
- indicate
- induce
- inspire
- instigate
- jog
- mention
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- persuade
- prick
- prod
- propel
- propose
- provoke
- refresh
- remind
- sic
- spur
- stimulate
- suggest
- talk into
- urge
- win over
- advises
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- arouses
- assists
- brings up
- calls forth
- causes
- convinces
- draws
- egg on
- elicits
- evokes
- exhorts
- gets
- gives rise to
- goads
- helps
- helps out
- hints
- impels
- implies
- indicates
- induces
- inspires
- instigates
- jogs
- mentions
- motivates
- moves
- occasions
- persuades
- pricks
- prods
- propels
- proposes
- provokes
- refreshes
- reminds
- sics
- spurs
- stimulates
- suggests
- talks into
- urges
- wins over
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