Dame Fortune

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“What happened? Dame Fortune frowned. Intel must be well-positioned and ready when Dame Fortune smiles again.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

For though you give a Richardson or Hayward, Dame Fortune still will be a trifle wayward; Though one was sorely missed, and surely no man Can tell where they'd have been if they'd had Lohmann.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various

Blakeney vowed that she was so ravishing that she had put Dame Fortune to flight.

From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

And still more to make up for these drawbacks vexatious, Dame Fortune has been on the whole, pretty gracious.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

And since Dame Fortune looked upon him with a frowning countenance, there was none to welcome him with a smiling face.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene