Thesaurus / pharos
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How to use pharos in a sentence
Even when the Pharos was reared, the primitive mode of illumination by means of wood or coal was employed.
THE TOWNS OF ROMAN BRITAINJAMES OLIVER BEVANHe stood like a Pharos, and the light of his face kindled the crests of the living waves around him.
REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES BRADLAUGHGEORGE W. FOOTEProteus is called the Carpathian wizard because his cave was on the island of Pharos, or Carpathos.
STORIES OF OLD GREECE AND ROMEEMILIE KIP BAKERThe same year, the island of Pharos itself, originally seven furlongs distant from the continent, was joined to it by a causeway.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTSA handsome cutter, called ‘The Pharos,’ is stationed here as a tender to the lighthouse.
SMEATON AND LIGHTHOUSESJOHN SMEATONThe greater part of the pharos of the Romans were much higher than the most celebrated modern towers.
SMEATON AND LIGHTHOUSESJOHN SMEATONThe desolation of Menelaus and his companions on the island of Pharos; no Return possible, death from hunger imminent.
HOMER'S ODYSSEYDENTON J. SNIDERIt was situated upon the island of Pharos, opposite to the city, and at some distance from it.
HISTORY OF CLEOPATRA, QUEEN OF EGYPTJACOB ABBOTTA light, varied of blue and red, blazes like a pharos over its portals to entice the customers.
MATED FROM THE MORGUEJOHN AUGUSTUS O'SHEAThat, in five years' time, five years in jail awaited the ingenious Monsieur Pharos occasions a consoling reflection.
SOPHY OF KRAVONIAANTHONY HOPEWORDS RELATED TO PHAROS
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