But each time also the pupil postponed his obligation, till he at last disclaimed it; and-enthroned in the Lateran-was dismissing his benefactor with insult: when the closing syllables-"dicite"-sounded in his ear; and he became conscious of Peter's countenance smiling back at him over his shoulder, and Peter's door being banged in his face.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
He was condemned for heresy by a Lateran Council in 1139, and retired from Italy.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
I, for instance, committed the potential error of wholly rejecting with scorn the services of an authorized guide to the Church of St. John Lateran because he said the tariff was three francs.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells