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—Sed, cum fregit subsellia versu, Esurit, intactam Paridi nisi vendat Agaven.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

The magistrates were seated on the subsellia, one of the Duumvirs presiding, in his white robe bordered with purple; his lictors, with staves, not fasces, standing behind him.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry

The screen and stall work brought from Easby Abbey are of great beauty, and the carvings on the subsellia are quaint and humorous.

From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon

Nimirum se iactat in angulis in quibus ubi tria verba graeca sonuerit, sapere videatur; abhorret a luce, quae litteratorem in numero poneret, et ad honesta subsellia devocaret.

From Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities by Campion, Edmund

Time waits for no man, nor does the court of justice, nor the subsellia of the magistrate.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry