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Omnia tum vero vitai claustra lababant;+ and soon the cold was mounting with sure pace from the dead feet to the head.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Pater, Walter

Illi indignantes magno cum murmure montis Circum claustra fremunt.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

Volvantur celeres anni! lux purpuret ortum Expectata diu! naturae claustra refringens, Nascere, magne puer! tibi primas, ecce, corollas Deproperat tellus, fundit tibi munera, quicquid Carpit Arabs, hortis quicquid frondescit Eois; Altius, en!

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

An non poteritis vos infernalia claustra adire, nisi nos comites habeatis?

From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Haines, Charles Reginald

Ac veluti ventis intra sua claustra coactis, Quum piget Æolium fræna dedisse ducem; Concita non aliter subsidit pectoris unda, Et propriâ rursum sede potitur Amor, Jurâsses torvam perculso astare Medusam Jurares Paphiæ lumen adesse deæ.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John