pharos

Example Sentences

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"That is a lighthouse—they call it a pharos, after the one that Ptolemy built; it must have stood about in the same direction."

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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

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 Kinney, Margaret West

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

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