evil star
Example Sentences
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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)
He was known as Ez-Zogoiby, "the Unlucky;" and he was ever lamenting his evil star, against which he felt it was useless to struggle.
From The Moors in Spain by Lane-Poole, Stanley
Your evil star has brought you to me, my associate.
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
But my evil star was still above the horizon.
From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John
It was a grievous disappointment; my evil star, I thought, had not yet waned.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
