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

How treacherous Dame Fortune cast on Simplicissimus a friendly glance Chap. xxii.:

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

Dejection seize his harrass’d mind,    While struggling with dispair; Dame Fortune smiles and proves more kind,    His spirits for to cheer.

From An Elogy to the Memory of the late Wm. Palgrave, Esq. with Other Pieces by Parkerson, James

Good lack! good lack! how once Dame Fortune did frown!

From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by Colman, George

The two young men looked at each other in silence, startled by the coincidence, and wondering whether at last Dame Fortune was about to smile upon them.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues