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Mirabile dictu, we had two seats on what had been, moments before, "a totally full flight."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Sigman 2011
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Mirabile dictu, last week’s nagging feeling that I was about to produce a checklist of common synopsis mistakes to avoid was 100% accurate.
infoman commented on the word Mirabile dictu
From Latin, mirabilis (“wonderful”) + dictum, supine of dico (“speak, tell”) / http://goo.gl/77YX
December 31, 2009
infoman commented on the word Mirabile dictu
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula ....
And then, mirabile dictu, between the piers, leaping from wave to wave as it rushed at headlong speed, swept the strange schooner before the blast, with all sail set, and gained the safety of the harbour.
December 31, 2009