in aeternum
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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Some pebbles she gathered during his first visit to her mother at Neufchatel, Balzac had made into a little cross, on the back of which was engraved: adoremus in aeternum.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
"Adoremus in aeternum" was their motto; he was her humble "moujik," and she was his "predilecta, his love, his life, his only thought."
From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)
Adoremus in aeternum had become their device, and Madame Hanska, not having as yet become accustomed to his continual financial embarrassment, wished to provide him with money, an offer which is reproduced in Eugenie Grandet.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
The prevalent note is, Vale vale in aeternum, with thoughts of the ghostly ferryman and the infernal stream and hopeless separation.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
Poor Lady! do what she would, she found it hard enough to please all parties while alive; must she be condemned over and above in aeternum to be wrong whatsoever she did?
From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Kingsley, Charles
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