orb of night
Example Sentences
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"With regard to you, I am like the orb of night in its career; our eyes can only perceive the portion on which the sun sheds his rays."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
The axis of the enormous gun, continued upwards vertically, would have struck the orb of night exactly in her centre.
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
Night being a favorite time for the recital of the incantations, it was natural that the orb of night, the god Sin, should be added to the pantheon of the exorciser.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
True, the orb of night was clouded, and only in her first quarter, but she gave light enough to enable the horseman to avoid dangers and proceed at full speed.
From The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The sun on one side, and the orb of night on the other, flooded the projectile with light.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
