It is in this even younger set that we are able to discern a north-star glimmer for our future. ❋ Roya Rastegar (2011)
I know the names and somewhat more of all the constellations in my horizon; yet I have seen a prating mariner, that could only name the pointers and the north-star, out-talk me, and conceit himself a whole sphere above me. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Even Mrs Jenkins will have reason to congratulate herself upon this event, when she cooly reflects upon the matter; for, howsoever she was forced from her poise for a season, by snares laid for her vanity, Humphry is certainly the north-star to which the needle of her affection would have pointed at the long run. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Practically going means three things, a _decision_, a _habit_ and a _purpose_; a thoughtful, calculating decision, a daily unbroken habit, an unalterable north-star sort of purpose. ❋ Unknown (1897)
On reaching this point we were to turn the canoe adrift and bend our steps toward the north-star till we reached a free state. ❋ Unknown (1892)
In this Reform, pregnant beyond all others in consequences for good or evil, appealing, for the justice of its claim, to the highest sentiments in human nature, there should be the north-star of a principle which all eyes may behold. ❋ Unknown (1869)
I had long since learned to distinguish the north-star from all the other small luminaries of the night; and the seven pointers were familiar to me. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
Hiding in the woods until night again came on, I continued my course eastward, and some time after midnight came upon a wide, well beaten road, one end of which led, at this place, a little to the left of the north-star, which I could plainly see. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
I traveled all night, keeping the north-star on my left hand as nearly as I could, and passing many plantations, taking care to keep at a great distance from the houses. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
At length I determined to quit this road altogether, travel by the north-star for two or three weeks, and after that to trust to Providence to guide me to some road that might lead me back to Maryland. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
At the return of night, I resumed my journey earlier than usual; paying no regard to the roads, but keeping the north-star on my left hand, as nearly as I could. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
I pursued the same course, keeping the north-star on my left hand for three nights; intending to get as far ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
Page 364 my journey with my meat in my knapsack, I again took to the woods, with the stars for my guide, keeping the north-star over my left eye. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
As I was now in a thickly-peopled country, I never moved until long after night, and was cautious never to permit daylight to find me on the road; but I observed that the north-star was always on my left hand. ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
Since leaving Columbia, I had followed as nearly as the course of the roads permitted, the index of the north-star; which, I supposed, would lead me on the most direct route to Maryland; but I now became ❋ Charles Ball (1859)
