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
Glynn was at that romantic age when young men have a tendency to think themselves capable of doing almost anything, with or without ordinary facilities, and in the face of any amount of adverse circumstance.
From The Red Eric by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
We should take this view concerning any perilous condition, any adverse circumstance, with our neighbors.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
But the abject lord who stoops to every adverse circumstance, whose judicious resolves are scattered like chaff before every wind of passion, him Richard Varney serves not.
From Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott
Nothing was said during its progress, but when Sarah had finally departed after her first triumph, won under every adverse circumstance of strangeness and limited resources, Carmichael took his aunt's hand and kissed it.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Ian Maclaren
