beacon-fire

For ten years he had waited for the signal of the beacon-fire to be lit at Nauplia, the port of Argos, to announce the fall of Troy.

Authors of Greece T. W. Lumb

The beacon-fire was known to the ancients, and the fire-towers of the Mediterranean were justly celebrated.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

"Thou wilt have it a beacon-fire," Eloisà interposed again; "it is in truth more romantic than a blaze some wanderer may have lighted to do duty for his camp."

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

Meanwhile, Li Hsiung's general, Li Hsiang, had prepared an ambuscade on their line of march; and P ` o-t ` ai, having reared long scaling-ladders against the city walls, now lighted the beacon-fire.

The Art of War 6th cent. B.C. Sunzi

On the opposite side of the steep-sided dale Penhill stands out prominently, with its flat summit reflecting just enough of the setting sun to recall a momentous occasion when from that commanding spot a real beacon-fire sent up a great mass of flame and sparks.

Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness, and the beacon-fire of the

Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard, 1860-1933 1920

The ancient Arabs always lit a beacon-fire as a proclamation of war, or a notice of the approach of an enemy.

Medina Suras. The Chapter of the Table. 1909

Remember on the third night to kindle the big fire we've agreed on just outside your door on the terrace -- the beacon-fire, you know.

Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906

The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness, and the beacon-fire of the

Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work 1904

There, the seventh day before the kalends, in the middle hour of the night, you shall see a beacon-fire and near it my colors.

Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ Irving Bacheller 1904