dog the footsteps of
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I wondered what perverse fate had driven him for eight years to dog the footsteps of a girl whose charm was due to qualities naturally distasteful to him.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert
Nemesis seemed powerless to dog the footsteps of the lodger, retribution was incapable of tracking him down.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
Some tragic fatality seems to dog the footsteps of this Government in all their dealings with Ireland.
From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
The misfortune which seems to dog the footsteps of many men in every move they make, does not fail to pursue them in bookselling.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
And I, for one, will never believe the trail of the serpent to be so indelible that barefaced incongruity must dog the footsteps of civilisation.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph