horologe

Example Sentences

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The horologe of centuries moves slowly in Cathay.

From Poems by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)

A thousand years are but as one tick of the mighty horologe of time—and the allotted life of man but three score years and ten!

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

On May 10, 1774, "with a sound absolutely like thunder," has the horologe of time struck, and an old era passed away.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly,— Forever—never!

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Looking at the horologe my lord had given me, I saw that it lacked yet two hours of the time when we should be aboard.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine