evil star

Example Sentences

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I raised my eyes, and did not even feel startled, only darkly certain that Adelaide’s evil star was high in the heaven of her fate, when I saw, calmly regarding us, Sir Peter Le Marchant.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

In fact, his evil star began to get into the ascendant.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

But he began to fear his evil star had risen above the horizon, and he was downcast, if not dispirited, while in proportion as he was depressed rose the spirits of the rancorous old governor.

From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Ober, Frederick Albion

So much the worse for him, if his evil star is in opposition to yours.”

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

Take care that you never stand in the light of that evil star.

From The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow by Stokes, Winston