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Meanings of great orb in English

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Usage of great orb in English
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The sun was that great orb of molten gold we had seen earlier.
The Great Book of Amber
2
His knowledge of the great orb of things is but a fledgling's knowledge.
Last and First Men
3
The plain was a silver floor for their feet, in the starless sky the great orb soared.
The Emigrant Trail
4
HE light of the great orb of day emanates solely from a closely fitting robe of surpassing brightness.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
5
If you pine after magnificence, then stand where you are and look up at the sun's great orb.
Down with the Cities!
6
How is the bat to be compared with the most great orb which bestows bounty upon all regions!
Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
7
They turned to the forward port as the scientist indicated the great orb of Saturn with its gleaming rings.
Creatures of Vibration
8
Her eyes followed his outstretched hand, and there, above the level ocean, rose the great orb of the African moon.
Benita, an African romance
9
Perhaps, however, a more impressive conception of the dimensions of the great orb of day may be obtained in this way.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895
10
Professor Lucifer slapped his hand twice upon the surface of the great orb as if he were caressing some enormous animal.
The Ball and the Cross
11
Corot once caught the sunset on his canvas as the great orb sank, a golden ball, behind the hills of Barbizon.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
12
Above the heights of Capreae a star began to glimmer; and lo, yonder from behind the mountains rose the great orb of the moon.
Veranilda
13
But Tayoga waited a little until the last glow of the sun died in the west, looking intently where the great orb had shone.
The Hunters of the Hills
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The sunlight glory, as the great orb dipped into purple hills afar, streamed goldenly in through the window, on Beth, alone at his side.
The Furnace of Gold
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On the edge of the great orb lay a faint rim of shadow, while a smoky hue grew and gathered upon its bright surface.
King Solomon's Mines
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Sturdy and silent, but as honest as the sun, he made his rounds as regularly as that great orb, and with equally beneficent object.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
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