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

Glynn was at that romantic age when young men have a tendency to think themselves capable of doing almost anything, with or without ordinary facilities, and in the face of any amount of adverse circumstance.

From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The greater part of Kościuszko's career is that of a man pitted against the weight of adverse circumstance.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)

Another adverse circumstance which must be called to mind in such a review is the long period of commercial depression which followed a short period of fictitious prosperity and inflated values.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

In the latter plays we find the heroines, by their sweet womanly guidance and gentle but firm control, triumphantly bringing good out of evil in spite of adverse circumstance.

From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred