evil star

Example Sentences

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

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

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)

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)

But he began to fear his evil star had risen above the horizon, and he was downcast, if not dispirited, while in proportion as he was depressed rose the spirits of the rancorous old governor.

From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Ober, Frederick Albion

"I was born, I suppose, under an evil star; for nothing prospers with me."

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James