adverse fate

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My sister—yield thee to thy adverse fate; Think of thy father, think of Regulus; Has he not taught thee how to brave misfortune?

From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by More, Hannah

The pity was that an adverse fate had denied him any benefit from his own foresight.

From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis

The game was up--no doubt of it--but the abb� was not one to bow under adverse fate and play the penitent.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

Instead of sinking under the redoubled blows of an adverse fate, the little Russian rebounded like a rubber ball.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.