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)

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

My third experience of a "pig-headed" master mariner, followed very quickly—so quickly, that I began to think some evil star attended my fortunes, or rather misfortunes.

From "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Becke, Louis

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.

The evil star of my destiny had got in the ascendant and shot down its sparks upon me, enkindling in me a most singular but at the same time a most pernicious passion.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)