star-gazer
Example Sentences
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But his was the old story of the star-gazer walking into the well, who might have studied the stars in the well, but could not be warned of the well by the stars.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
I am a famous star-gazer; and, if once I can discover your ruling planet, I shall prognosticate your destiny in a second.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
Don't use a martingale unless your horse is a star-gazer, or else tosses his head so as to be able to strike you.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Dissatisfied with the crude instruments of his time, he made his own telescopes; for it was his ambition to be not a mere star-gazer, but an earnest student of the heavens.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
Then there arose a quarrel between them; and the star-gazer said, 'If I had not found the princess out, all your skill would have been of no use; therefore she ought to be mine.'
From Grimm's Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm
