frowns of fortune
Example Sentences
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While I was thus employed, I reflected with exultation upon the degree in which man is independent of the smiles and frowns of fortune.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
He has met the frowns of fortune like a gentleman—like a man.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles
To death alone it is due that life is not a punishment, that, erect beneath the frowns of fortune, I can preserve my mind unshaken and master of itself.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
If thou bear trifles so ill, how shalt thou endure the heavier frowns of fortune?
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
Others took refuge there from the frowns of fortune and the rigour of unmerciful creditors.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 by Hewatt, Alexander
