horologe

Example Sentences

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Chaucer uses the ward horologe in more places than one.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

With tears I took that cross of thorn, With tears that horologe forlorn.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

A thousand years are but as one tick of the mighty horologe of time—and the allotted life of man but three score years and ten!

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

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

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil

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