pharos

Example Sentences

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The remains of the pharos and the fortresses strengthening the sea-wall, were pointed out by the Syrian who accompanied us as a guide, but his faith was a little stronger than mine.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard

This pharos has not its like in the world for skill of construction and solidity.

From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva

Henrietta Temple was the light in the pharos amid all his stormy fortunes; thither he directed all the energies of his being; and to gain that port, or sink, was his unflinching resolution.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

When at length the boat crunched upon the sandy shore he got up unsteadily from the stern and pointed to the pharos that flamed in the heavens.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various

Thus the nymph Calypso "donned a great shining pharos, light of woof and gracious, and about her waist she cast a fair golden girdle, and a veil withal on her head."

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell