Dame Fortune

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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

Dame Fortune, that inconstant jade, Can smile when least expected, And those who languish in the shade, Need never be dejected.

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane

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

Many stories are related to explain this discovery, but as they are all more pleasing than convincing, it seems best to credit Dame Fortune with this valuable assistant to the glazier.

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock

At the last of these operas, by another perverse joke of Dame Fortune, who seems to have so many laughs at my expense, I was introduced to the chaperon, "Mrs. Polhemus."

From The Story of an Untold Love by Ford, Paul Leicester