Hic locus est partes ubi se via findit in ambas
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.
They're all shades of color except white, and they talk all sorts of languages except plain United States; but, no matter what they look like or how they jabber, every last one of them claims to be an Armenian, and to have his hand satchel solid full of native-made tidies, and tablecloths, and the like of that.
— from The Postmaster by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
The farmer passing towards town and seeing the solitary cultivator, lost his faith in the fact and believed he had dreamed when, upon returning, he saw no sign of life, except, possibly, upon some Monday, the ghostly skirt of a shirt flapping spectrally in the distant orchard.
— from Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis
Journalism, footwear, raiment, transportation, public highways, business, religious life, etc., portrayed under such mad-rush environments.
— from Life in a Thousand Worlds by W. S. (William Shuler) Harris
And feeling that our ways were now divided, he continued: Hie locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas.
— from Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Brandes
If they stood by their guns the best part of the night they might witness a transfer of the contraband from boat to truck; and, if very lucky, even pick up some information regarding the destination of the double load.
— from Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol by Ambrose Newcomb
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