evil fortune

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His evil fortune stayed skulking behind the great curtains of the woods until after Gentleman Johnny had forced the Rebel army to evacuate Fort Ticonderoga.

From Time Magazine Archive

But evil fortune fell on him; he was forced to place his ward in the Brandenburg Dime Museum in Philadelphia, where she was first exhibited.

From Time Magazine Archive

The forebodings of evil fortune were just as plainly shown.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

But if the left, then evil fortune is at hand.

From The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island by Jewitt, John Rodgers

Worn out with evil fortune, crushed and almost broken-hearted, I struggled on for years, secretly determining, if ever I should chance upon him, to buy back Schatzchen with my last penny in the world.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James