evil star

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Assessor Hubert could not have come at a more inopportune moment, but the evil star which had always controlled this young man's wooing, now guided him into the presence of his beloved.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

And, notwithstanding the better discipline maintained since the evil star of Randall had sunk beneath the horizon, not the slightest approach to regularity, in this respect, had been as yet made.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

Those who have the patience to read the remaining chapters of my insipid Memoirs, will admit that the evil star of these untoward circumstances never ceased to plague me.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo

Didn't I tell you he was destined to be my evil star?

From The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various

For, the parents of the boy sincerely believe that it is her evil star which has killed the boy whose destiny was blended with her own.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)