evil star
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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 P. B. M. Allan
"I was born, I suppose, under an evil star; for nothing prospers with me."
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
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
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 Jessie Fothergill
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 John P. (John Peter) Jones
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