evil star

Example Sentences

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Moli�re’s evil star, too, it was perhaps in part that brought him back to Paris, from Orleans.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

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

But he was born under an evil star, which counteracted all the gifts of fortune, and turned them into a curse.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

Don Estevan, your evil star has guided you to these outlaws.”

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

It was a grievous disappointment; my evil star, I thought, had not yet waned.

From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin