star-gazer
Example Sentences
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He felt that if he had not rushed incontinently from the presence of that underground star-gazer Dr. Wilson, he must either have punched that respected person’s venerated head, or have laughed in his honored face.
From The Witches of New York by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
For, after all, Is the star any the less starry to the rapt star-gazer when he finds it to be a tremulous planet?
From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)
Jason appointed Tiphys to be helmsman because he was a star-gazer, and knew the points of the compass.
From Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
There is also a portrait of this arch rogue and star-gazer, an admirable illustration for Lavater.
From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An
The star-gazer admired the practical qualities that made for success in the world below his tower, and the politician paid an involuntary tribute to a spirituality above his own.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)
