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 William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
Silent hours In ghostly pantomime on tip-toe tripped The stately minuet of the passing years, Until the horologe of Time struck One.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Hanford Lennox Gordon
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 Herman Melville
This great Swedish botanist invented a Floral horologe, "whose wheels were the sun and earth and whose index-figures were flowers."
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
The eternal horologe is about to sound the first.
From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid
