adverse circumstance

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In the preface to the novel’s third edition, in 1841, Dickens writes that he “wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last.”

From Time • Jan. 27, 2012

Had Winthrop lived, failing health, adverse circumstance, might have blasted his promise in the bud; but now nothing of that can ever mar his fame.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

They draw their moral strength and their ability to contend intelligently against adverse circumstance largely from what is told them by the men who surround them.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

Cynthia was no Jeanie Deans; she was a faulty but noble-hearted woman, with a nature that had suffered some slight warping from the effect of adverse circumstance.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

This alone prevailed over his reluctant nature, his protesting affections, and his adverse circumstance.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir