pharos

Example Sentences

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The grounds were intended to stretch over the downs to a great distance, and on the highest point was to stand a pharos, whose light would be visible from the Solent. 

From John Keble's Parishes by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The greater part of the pharos of the Romans were much higher than the most celebrated modern towers.

From Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by Smeaton, John

And it is here again that Astronomy surpasses all the other sciences, that it becomes our sovereign teacher, that it is the pharos of modern philosophy.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

Soon as darkness comes upon Grande Anse the face of the clock in the church-tower is always lighted: you see it suddenly burst into yellow glow above the roofs and the cocoa-palms,—just like a pharos.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio

The sun winked in and out like the light of a great pharos.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie