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"A correspondent at Florence writes: 'Old Rossini is here enjoying his well-earned otium cum dignitate.'"

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

I've had an easy time in College, and enjoyed well the "otium cum dignitate,"—the learned leisure of a scholar's life,—always despised digging, you know.—Ibid., p.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer