horologe
Example Sentences
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But these were mere Cassandra-voices—the horologe of time was striking for Rome’s successor, as it did for Rome herself.
From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.
"The hour is close at hand, then," said the master, consulting a horologe as large and as round as an orange.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The eternal horologe is about to sound the first.
From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne
There was a time when the clock on the London Houses of Parliament was the last word in the art—a veritable triumph of the horologe.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
In truth it had occupied some five minutes, as I discovered, holding my horologe to the moon, and had not occupied so long if it were not for my groping and pausing.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine
