horologe

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It might be amusing, were it not melancholy, to refer to one of his proofs of this position: "Une horologe mesure le temps; certes, c'est là un effet intellectuel produit par une cause physique!"

From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James

The horologe of centuries moves slowly in Cathay.

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

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

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

They are only to be checked, then, because, if entirely unrestrained, they would finally run into utter selfishness and human demonism, which, as before hinted, are not by any means justified by the horologe.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman