fall to one's lot
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V. chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's -fate &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark
VII, fall, fall down, fall to one’s lot, 32.4, 87. valsch, aj. false, deceitful. valsch, sm. fault, spot, impurity, deceit; valsches laȥ, free from deceit or falseness. valten, sv.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
V. chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's fate &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
The accidentia are fortuitous, the evenientia result from foregoing acts or circumstances; the contingentia are the favors of Fortune; the obtingentia and obvenientia are the things that fall to one’s lot.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
Such it is to have too much happiness fall to one's lot!
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
