horologe
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For a soul in torment there is no horologe.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
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
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
The eternal horologe is about to sound the first.
From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid
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 Katharine Tynan
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