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in hoc signo vinces in hok SIG-no WIN-kays phrase by this sign you shall conquer; with this sign you shall win 1890Astral WorshipHelena, good at finding lost things, also claimed to have discovered the veritable cross upon which the Saviour had been crucified; and her son, worthy of such a mother, claimed, as recorded by Eusebius, that he had seen with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, bearing the inscription: 'In Hoc Signo Vinces,' signifying 'Under this sign, conquer.'1903Such is LifeThe—standard is the Labarum of modern civilisation. By this sign shall we conquer. Since that night by the Murray, methinks each pair of—I see hanging in front of a draper's shop seems to bear aright, in hoc signo vinces! scrolled in haughty blazonry across its widest part1917The Oakdale Affair'Some artist!' cried the man. 'And to think that I doubted your ability to make a successful touch! Forgive me! You are the ne plus ultra, non est cumquidibus, in hoc signo vinces, only and original kind of hand-out compellers.'Labels: Edgar Rice Burroughs, J. H. Hill, Joseph Furphy
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