pharos

Example Sentences

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Through all the bewildering discord of his thoughts the face of Perpetua seemed to shine clearly, like the light on a pharos to a striver in an angry sea.

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

The pharos was probably a linen garment of Egyptian origin, which was sometimes worn instead of the peplus.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

Sometimes, O Lord, thou lightest in my head   A lamp that well might pharos all the lands; Anon the light will neither rise nor spread:   Shrouded in danger gray the beacon stands!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

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

Heed this confession of a woman to whom fame has been like a pharos, warning her of the only true path.

From Beatrix by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott