adverse fate
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Meantime, the Greeks Sloping their shields, approach'd the walls of Troy,5 And Hector, by his adverse fate ensnared, Still stood exposed before the Scæan gate.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
Seldom has an undertaking been more remorselessly dogged by an adverse fate than that of Anson.
From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by H. W. Household
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 Frederick William Robinson
He did not possess the boldness which disarms an adverse fate, nor that confidence in his own powers which smooths down wounded pride, and accounts even for failure.
From The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
She was the plaything of a relentlessly adverse fate.
From Roman Women by Alfred Brittain
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