adverse circumstance

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In the preface to the novel’s third edition, in 1841, Dickens writes that he “wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last.”

From Time • Jan. 27, 2012

But the abject lord who stoops to every adverse circumstance, whose judicious resolves are scattered like chaff before every wind of passion, him Richard Varney serves not.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

Their progress was uninterrupted by any adverse circumstance, and every one was in high spirits, until the west side of Walden's ridge, the most elevated of the three, had been gained.

From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy

At the sight, my enthusiasm, which I thought quenched forever in the overwhelming flood of adverse circumstance, was rekindled; my imagination stimulated.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

They draw their moral strength and their ability to contend intelligently against adverse circumstance largely from what is told them by the men who surround them.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense