star-gazer

Example Sentences

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Not only is Orion the most brilliant of all constellations to the casual star-gazer, but it contains the richest mines that the delver for telescopic treasures can anywhere discover.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

Then there arose a quarrel between them; and the star-gazer said, 'If I had not found the princess out, all your skill would have been of no use; therefore she ought to be mine.'

From Grimm's Fairy Tales by Grimm, Wilhelm

The others pressed close around, listening to the measured voice of the physician and the quick, pertinent questions of the star-gazer.

From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

I am wilful, violent, capricious, weak, Wound in a web of my own spinning-wheel, A star-gazer, a riband in the wind...

From Complete Short Works of George Meredith by Meredith, George

In me was the blood of the star-gazer, my emotions 140recalling the rejected beliefs, the signs and wonders of the heavens.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)