"Lighthouse" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... themselves run out into the sea, forming a port and a haven against the wild Levantine storms; and a lighthouse rises out of the waves to guide ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. III • Elizabeth Gaskell
... as New Hamburgh, two miles north, was called High Point. Opposite Carthage is Roseton, once known as Middlehope, and above this we see the residence of Bancroft Davis and the Armstrong Mansion. We now behold on the west bank a large flat rock, covered with cedars, recently marked by a lighthouse, the— ...
— The Hudson - Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention • Wallace Bruce
... a lighthouse, at or near the eastern end of the Lavendera sea wall of a second on the eastern side of La Gallaguilla reef, and of another on the west side of La Blanquilla reef. These houses will be furnished with distinctive signals to enable steamers ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 • Various
... was never any use to urge Bob when he spoke in that horribly positive tone. You might just as well try to move a lighthouse. ...
— The Story of Sugar • Sara Ware Bassett
... devoted to him that he habitually takes the lead in everything. Consequently he chose the restaurant, and its name was Quo Vadis? He also brought a couple of friends, ordered the dinner and, as a matter of course, took me for a drive afterwards to the lighthouse and back. ...
— Diversions in Sicily • H. Festing Jones
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