adverse fate

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I confined myself to the examination of those who may be properly designated the helpless victims of adverse fate.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

He did not possess the boldness which disarms an adverse fate, nor that confidence in his own powers which smooths down wounded pride, and accounts even for failure.

From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Yet he resolved that what adverse fate got out of him, should be on terms that would cover him with more glory than ordinary success could possibly do.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

Say, Ellen, can you willingly encounter those storms of adverse fate, which may assail, and, perhaps, make me an exile from my native country for ever?

From Mystery and Confidence (Vol. 1 of 3) A Tale by Pinchard, Elizabeth

I will unroll before your eyes a scene, partly the result of an adverse fate, partly of a dark mystery, representing joy and also deep sorrow.

From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Jókai, Mór