frowns of fortune
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Others took refuge there from the frowns of fortune and the rigour of unmerciful creditors.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 by Hewatt, Alexander
Beside these they have a variety of poetic works, abounding rather with moral reflections and complaints of the frowns of fortune or of ill-requited love than with flights of fancy.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
To death alone it is due that life is not a punishment, that, erect beneath the frowns of fortune, I can preserve my mind unshaken and master of itself.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
But the frowns of fortune lower, bonnie lassie, O!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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
