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.
But from that side they could not see the orb of night, which, traveling from east to west, would rise by degrees toward the zenith.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
The gods and the spirits follow the example of mankind in prostrating themselves before the great orb of night.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
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
Ah, my friends," exclaimed Michel Ardan, "can you imagine what this peaceful orb of night was once like? when these craters vomited torrents of lava and stones, with clouds of smoke and sheets of flame?
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
