requiescat in pace
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I’ve always liked to think that requiescat in pace is but preface to a longer story.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2020
If you stay at the Pension Pace and wish to "requiescat in pace," you do as she says to do.
From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Speed, Nell
In leaving to Beaumarchais the undisputed possession of his sister Julie, the Chevalier du S—— has won our undying gratitude, and so in all sincerity we say, requiescat in pace.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
"The fall of Zacatecas will be Huerta's requiescat in pace," Luis Cervantes cried with unusual excitement.
From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)
R.I.P., requiescat in pace, may he rest in peace.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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