evil star

Example Sentences

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Her prayers can shake and avert the threatenings of each evil star, however firmly fixed in the judgment heaven.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

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

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

But our book-hunter was tired, and his evil star was in the ascendant, for he went to bed leaving the catalogue unopened.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.