pharos
Example Sentences
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"The forum of France was to be the pharos of humanity."
From Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac
Misfortune to some natures is a pharos, which illumines to their eyes the dark low corners of social existence.
From The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac
The remains of the pharos and the fortresses strengthening the sea-wall, were pointed out by the Syrian who accompanied us as a guide, but his faith was a little stronger than mine.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor
That one lonely figure standing out against the yellow light of the desert may perhaps be as a pharos to the youth of his nation, and save them from the shipwreck which is nigh.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
And there the wells still remain, a standing example, a pharos to enlighten the world.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
