horologe

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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

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.

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

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

Silent hours In ghostly pantomime on tip-toe tripped The stately minuet of the passing years, Until the horologe of Time struck One.

From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox