pro bono publico

How to use pro bono publico in a sentence

• She there became a constant attendant on one of those pandemoniums where the favorite game of monte was dealt pro bono publico.

  Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX | Various

• pro bono publico was the order of the day—pro libertate patri was the motto of each freeman.

  Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll Judson

• No Chinese can for a moment comprehend such a conception as is embodied in the phrase pro bono publico.

  Village Life in China | Arthur H. Smith

• They'll yield themselves up to that sort of power quickly enough, and immolate themselves pro bono publico by the million.

  Aaron's Rod | D. H. Lawrence

• Ay, by the blue vault of heaven will we,” said Bunce, “if it be pro bono publico!

  The Pirate | Sir Walter Scott