star-gazer

Example Sentences

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There they found the princess sitting, as the star-gazer had said, on the rock; and the dragon was lying asleep, with his head upon her lap.

From Grimm's Fairy Tales by Grimm, Wilhelm

Not only is Orion the most brilliant of all constellations to the casual star-gazer, but it contains the richest mines that the delver for telescopic treasures can anywhere discover.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

So he hastens to add that, of course, "the true pilot" will be called "a prater, a star-gazer, a good-for-nothing."

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter

In me was the blood of the star-gazer, my emotions 140recalling the rejected beliefs, the signs and wonders of the heavens.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

"I am no star-gazer, and decline any such inuendoes," said Kalzow, while coughing annoyedly.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von