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Examples
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Joker, offended at this conjunction, echoed, “Who we are!” with great emphasis; and repeating nos poma natamus, asked ironically, to which of the tribes the Jew thought he belonged?
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He is always like the ball of Dung in the fable, pleasing himself, and amusing by-standers with his "nos poma natamus."
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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I have a letter from no less a person than that pink of booksellers, Sir Richard Phillips, who, it seems, has been ruined, and as he sees me floating down the same dark tide, sings out his _nos poma natamus_.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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He and the other clerks in the Jury Court had hoped to have had a share in the proposed measure, but the Court had considered it as being _nos poma natamus_.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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a non-combatant like myself feels his heart beat faster and fuller, though it is only with the feeling of the unworthy boast of the substance in the fable, _nos poma natamus_.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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