adverse fate
Example Sentences
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His life apart from business was akin to his business life in that; reflection on what was best, just and honourable, and then his decision, which no adverse fate was ever afterwards to shake.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William
Mr. Gray looked at him, as at a fine subject which adverse fate was to snatch away from his experiments.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William
Dear Annie: What though thy lot has been to bear Much adverse fate, ’mid toil and care, Raised expectations crushed and dead, And hope’s triumphant visions fled?
From Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Smith, Rebekah
He may have been of high estate, He may have been a simple yeoman, Undaunted by an adverse fate, Brave was he as the bravest Roman.
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Reed, Helen Leah
Yet he resolved that what adverse fate got out of him, should be on terms that would cover him with more glory than ordinary success could possibly do.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
