horologe

Example Sentences

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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)

The horologe of Time Strikes the half-century with a solemn chime, And summons us together once again, The joy of meeting not unmixed with pain.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The eternal horologe is about to sound the first.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

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.

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