Well, you know, we thought cis Yorke would snap at it; and she was eager enough at first; but"-and here Lady Adela smiled demurely-"I think her courage gave way.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The most striking proof of the thorough conscientiousness with which he faced the duties of life is to be found in his conduct after the establishment of the so-called cis-Alpine Republic in Italy.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
That his action in this matter was very properly appreciated by his contemporaries, and that the moral influence of his example was not lost, can be realized from the expressions used by Alibert, the Secretary-general of the Medical Society of Emulation, in the historical address on Galvani which he delivered before that society in 1801: "Galvani constantly refused to take the civil oath demanded by the decrees of the cis-Alpine Republic.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh