frowns of fortune
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And those good offices interchanged between man and man, to which life owes many of its comforts in a less advanced state of society, and which protect individuals from the frowns of fortune, gradually disappear.
From An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged by Playfair, William
If thou bear trifles so ill, how shalt thou endure the heavier frowns of fortune?
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
While I was thus employed, I reflected with exultation upon the degree in which man is independent of the smiles and frowns of fortune.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
I have, Providence be thanked, given each of them £5000, and that is laid in East India stock, sufficient to keep them genteelly, above the frowns of fortune, and free from the fear of want.
From The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana by Defoe, Daniel
The Afgh�n noble, whilom Governor of M�lw�, after some wanderings, threw himself on the mercy of Akbar, and, to use the phrase of the chronicler, 'sought a refuge from the frowns of fortune.'
From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce
