pharos
Example Sentences
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And it is here again that Astronomy surpasses all the other sciences, that it becomes our sovereign teacher, that it is the pharos of modern philosophy.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Frances A. (Frances Alice) Welby
Heed this confession of a woman to whom fame has been like a pharos, warning her of the only true path.
From Beatrix by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Henrietta Temple was the light in the pharos amid all his stormy fortunes; thither he directed all the energies of his being; and to gain that port, or sink, was his unflinching resolution.
From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
The pharos was probably a linen garment of Egyptian origin, which was sometimes worn instead of the peplus.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
"The forum of France was to be the pharos of humanity."
From Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac
