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

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

Quid ad hominem claustra, carcer, custodia? liberum ostium habet.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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

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

Ergo graues loculos et ditia claustra resoluit Armillas teretes et onustas protulit arcas, Exitii fomenta sui, ditissimus �ris, Bellatoris inops, hostique adimenda relinquens Pignora, qu� patriis pr�bere pepercit amicis.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.