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Quicquid sol oriens, quicquid et occidens nouit, caeruleis Oceanus fretis quicquid bis ueniens et fugiens lauat, aetas Pegaseo corripiet gradu.
Death has no Terror 1912
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Qui non dicitur littera occidens eo quod mala sit lex, sed quia prohibens peccatum, auget concupiscentiam et addit praeuaricationem, nisi liberet gratia; quae gratia non sic abundabat in lege ut in euangelio.
Vox Nova 2009
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In enumerating the islands of the Firth of Forth, Inchcolm is mentioned in the Cupar manuscript as "alia insuper insula ad occidens distans ab Inchcketh, quæ vocatur Æmonia, inter Edinburch et
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 James Young Simpson 1840
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As he lived 70 years a pattern of virtue, so he died an example of patience and piety. "~falling sun~: Lat. _sol occidens_.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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