pharos
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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 John Smeaton
Rebellion raged within: Then SHERIDAN! dilating to the storm, Bright as the pharos, as the watch-tower strong, With all the patriot's inspiration warm, Thy genius pour'd its thundering voice along.
From Poems (1828) by Thomas Gent
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 Charlotte Mary Yonge
The pharos of the night; where gods might dance.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various
A third pharos, also brilliantly whitewashed, crowns the Cape, and by its side is a lower sea-facing building, the sanatorium; finally, there is a light at the mole-end of Dakar.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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