evil star

Example Sentences

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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

Don't you think, after all, it is tempting our evil star to rent those fields from the landlord?”

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

Tell, in the poet's own words, what this "evil star" was.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education

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)

He was born under an evil star, he said, and would not be free of its spell until he had passed through a period of servitude.

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith