"Dicta" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... we seem to see at this moment, serene and majestic, his powerful face framed in long hair, making the circuit of the exhibits of sculpture, followed by half a score of young disciples who hang breathlessly upon his kindly dicta. Although the sound of voices is lost in that immense vessel, which is resonant only under the two arched doorways of entrance and exit, faces assume extraordinary intensity there, a character of energy and animation especially noticeable in the vast, dark recess of the restaurant, overflowing ...
— The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alphonse Daudet
... plenam & pacificam seisinam, de duabus partibus medietatis cuiusdam pontis vocati Tinebridge, in villa nostra de Gatesheued, infra comitatum & libertatem Dunelmi existentis. Qu quidem du partes medietatis prdict, continent & faciuut tertiam partem eiusdem pontis vsque austrum, in prdicta villa de Gatesheued. Super quas duas partes nuper maior & communitas vill Noui castri super Tinam, quandam turrim de nouo dificare cper[u]t, & quas quidem duas partes cum franchesiis, iurisdictionibus, & ...
— Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) - Henrie IV • Raphael Holinshed |
