fortuneless

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Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

"No wonder," he thought, "if, courted by the son of a proud and powerful baron, she can no longer spare a word or look to the poor fortuneless page."

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

What could I, helpless, houseless, fortuneless, be but a weight upon that buoyancy and ambition of eminence which marks superior natures for the superior honours of life.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

The former this brother," M. d'A. says, "had not energy of character to undertake in the desperate manner in which he risked it himself, friendless and fortuneless, to live in exile as he could.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

Perhaps in her heart of hearts she rejoiced at getting Mary engaged, even to so humble a suitor as fortuneless John Hammond.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)