pharos

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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)

There was a remarkable pharos built at Ostia by the Emperor Claudius, which was erected on an artificial breakwater.

From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva

He sat there changing colour like a revolving pharos, twisting his fingers hysterically, swallowing air, the picture of guilt.

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 lastly when dawn ends the night And belts the semi-orb of sea, The tall, pale pharos in the light Looks white and spectral as may be.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis