orb of night

Example Sentences

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It is a singular fact that the star of hope and the orb of night rose at one and the same hour upon the horizon.

From The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict by Hillis, Newell Dwight

A terrific east wind swept away the groups of clouds which had been so long gathering, and at night the semi-disc of the orb of night rode majestically amid the soft constellations of the sky.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules

Within this breast a fire is newly lit Whose glow shall sun the dew away, whose radiance Shall make the orb of night hang in the heavens Unnoticed, like a glow-worm at high noon.

From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard

But apart from this, there were many events in public and private affairs that appeared to them to stand in close connection with the movements of the orb of night.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

The orb of night seemed to tumble on me flat, until I felt as though I were lying in a cold frying-pan.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various