adverse fate
Example Sentences
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He may have been of high estate, He may have been a simple yeoman, Undaunted by an adverse fate, Brave was he as the bravest Roman.
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Helen Leah Reed
In reality the leaders of world-revolution have not been "Under Men," victims of oppression or of adverse fate, nor could they be ranged in this category on account of physical or mental inferiority.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta H. Webster
But adverse fate seemed at last to relent, and a light breeze sprung up from the southward.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
I will unroll before your eyes a scene, partly the result of an adverse fate, partly of a dark mystery, representing joy and also deep sorrow.
From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Mór Jókai
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
