pharos
Example Sentences
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The sun winked in and out like the light of a great pharos.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
This pharos has not its like in the world for skill of construction and solidity.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
The pharos was probably a linen garment of Egyptian origin, which was sometimes worn instead of the peplus.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
She wears a girdle that blazes like that pharos at Dubræ, which I have seen; she goes belted with flame that dazzles the eyes.
From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Margaret West Kinney
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
