orb of night
Example Sentences
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Dangling their youthful feet in the water, they gazed on the pale orb of night, as many a fond pair before them had done and will continue to do until the end of the world.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.
A few stars were twinkling in the deep, cloudless heavens, and a pearly radiance in the eastern horizon heralded the rising of the orb of night.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The orb of night walks in brightness through a firmament of sapphire; or, if the moon is below the horizon, then the purple vault is lit up with many-coloured stars.
From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George
A straight line drawn through the axis of the piece would have passed through the center of the orb of night.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
Luke Shepard joined him and looked out, too, at the rather misty orb of night that peered through the breaking clouds.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
