evil fortune
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His evil fortune stayed skulking behind the great curtains of the woods until after Gentleman Johnny had forced the Rebel army to evacuate Fort Ticonderoga.
From Time Magazine Archive
But evil fortune fell on him; he was forced to place his ward in the Brandenburg Dime Museum in Philadelphia, where she was first exhibited.
From Time Magazine Archive
How it doth fare with a man on whom evil fortune doth rain cats and dogs Chap. xxi.:
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
At first evil fortune followed the patriots, and they were badly defeated in the battle of Fanfa, where their greatest leader, Bento Gonçalves, was captured and carried to Rio.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
“Make haste then,” said the innkeeper, “for the hour of evil fortune has sounded for your father.”
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de
