That it is moving along a straight line pointing toward vega, and that at least a part of the velocities which the spectroscope shows in the line of sight, comes from the motion of the sun and earth.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
Just clearing a low palm was the present North Star, while, high above, vega shone, patiently waiting to take her place half a million years hence.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
The day had dawned; the crimson streaks on the edge of the horizon gave tokens of the approaching sunrise; already the light clouds that floated in the western sky were tinged with gold and purple; though the broad plain of the vega, which now began to open upon their view, was covered with the dark haze of morning.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving