From Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens, 1843.

From Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1859.

From St. Nicholas magazine, 1903.

"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."  From The Life and Literary Works of Michel Angelo Buonarroti by Richard Duppa, 1806.

From Leslie's Fate; and Hilda, or the Ghost of Erminstein by Andrew Charles Parker Haggard, 1892.

Here is revealed one of our secrets of time bending — bribing Father Time with New-Year Caraway Cakes, the recipe of which appears in St. Nicholas magazine, 1910, p. 285.

"Repairing a broken hour requires three score of the 'gold-dust of time' —Colfax Burgoyne Harman."  [For Karl.]

Here's a proof that time is in one's head, from The Man in the Moon (1847).

An illustration from an 1892 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads, simply: "Question."

An illustration from a 1922 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "He never removed his attention from the thread of red sand trickling from bulb to bulb."

Older and older men are starting families, and when we see white-haired grandfatherly types out and about with their newborns, we can't help but to see classic archetypes at play: Father Time and Baby New Year.  Here they are as depicted in Life magazine, 1902:

Finally, a set of hourglasses for every occasion, including:

• the 1 minute manager
• the 2 minute warning
• the 3 minute egg
• the 4 minute mile
• the 5 minute break
• the 6 minute walk test
• the 7 minute difference
• the 8 minute epic
• the 9 minute chariot race

Back in 18th century London, an ad in the Old Bailey periodical promised a spectacular show for "lovers of curiosities" by the "Moving Skeleton."  "According to the elaborate illustrated notice, the skeleton turned an hourglass, jabbed a dart and groaned '3 times most surprisingly' to alarm the viewers, concluding its performance by smoking a pipe.  An advisory notice was included: the show was too frightening to be seen by 'Persons with Child, Children, or others, whose Courage cannot be depended on.'" —Matthew Seccombe, Harvard Law De Jure newsletter.