Whereunto are added many witty Characters, and conceited Newes, written by himselfe and other learned Gentlemen his friends: Dignum laude virum musa vetat mori, Coelo musa beat.
Qua dignumte laude feram, qui paene ruenti Page 45 from their bodies; an aged man, once a consul, survived the murder of his son but to be driven into exile.
But on reaching the ballast lighter on which Dignum was to work, his valet was refused admittance, and the convict was at once "put to the duty of the wheelbarrow.
David James Dignum was convicted in 1777 of pretending to sell places under Government, and sentenced to hard labour on the Thames.
Dignum had hoped to be brought up to London for examination.
Optandum est potius quam expectandum, ut ii qui habent aliquid in poesi vel historia notatu dignum in privatis bibliothecis reconditum, id in vulgus emittant, aut saltem ab iis qui hujusmodi rebus operam navant perlegi permittant.
And if we would know what a man doth then pray for, it is told us, that he is praying and earnestly crying to God,(757) ut eum faciat dignum convivam.
Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri=--True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori=--The 10 Muse takes care that the man who is worthy of honour does not die.
When all was quiet, Dignum he knocks with his foot on the floor and sits hisself down before the hearth, with a face like a pillow for innocence.
At that time Dark Dignum was a young man with a reputation above his years for profaneness and audacity.
Did I ever tell you the story of Dark Dignum and Exciseman Jones?
Out of this Dark Dignum was the first to sling hisself a brace of rundlets; and my grandfather followed with two more.
This were the first, sir--as Dark Dignum leaked it out long after in his cups.
Dignum would have enjoyed the sound of a cry; but he never got it.
That's conjecture; for Dignum never let on so far.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dignum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
