horologe

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Many a one is now pushing forward the hand on the horologe of time and hastening nothing thereby but the hour of his own execution.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various

Yet does the horologe itself teach, that all liabilities to these things should be checked as much as possible, though it is certain they can never be utterly eradicated.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

This great Swedish botanist invented a Floral horologe, "whose wheels were the sun and earth and whose index-figures were flowers."

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by Richardson, David Lester

On May 10, 1774, "with a sound absolutely like thunder," has the horologe of time struck, and an old era passed away.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The horologe of Time Strikes the half-century with a solemn chime, And summons us together once again, The joy of meeting not unmixed with pain.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth