Dame Fortune
Example Sentences
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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
There are others with whom Dame Fortune plays many an exciting game, and to these adventure becomes as the very breath of life.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
"We're wealthy fowk now, tak' oor place wi' the best," Said the heid o' the Allans, one Dougal, A man whom Dame Fortune had royally blest, Of sensible habits, and frugal— Uncommonly frugal.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean
Dame Fortune may give luck for a run; but he who can afford to lose longest will outrun her in the end.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
And this is the wisdom of our Northmen who have well tamed Dame Fortune and have set their sure brand upon her.
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
