horologe

Example Sentences

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"The hour is close at hand, then," said the master, consulting a horologe as large and as round as an orange.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

But these were mere Cassandra-voices—the horologe of time was striking for Rome’s successor, as it did for Rome herself.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

Looking at the horologe my lord had given me, I saw that it lacked yet two hours of the time when we should be aboard.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine

In truth it had occupied some five minutes, as I discovered, holding my horologe to the moon, and had not occupied so long if it were not for my groping and pausing.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine

"My twelve-hours is unusual sharp to-day," said Petullo, consulting a dumpy horologe out of his fob.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil