adverse fate

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Phoebe dried her honest tears, and made haste with the packing, believing that Miss Tempest was leaving home for her own pleasure, and that she, Phoebe, was the only victim of adverse fate.

From Vixen, Volume III. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

My lot has been to meet The bitter mixed with transient sweet; To struggle on, in toil and care, The tide of adverse fate to bear.

From Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Smith, Rebekah

What adverse fate had drifted her into the service of old Long Potter I 'm sure I don't know, for she had bewitching ways, and a gentle voice that won all hearts.

From The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas by Gaunt, Mary

What are poverty and adverse fate and mocking hopes and disappointed ambition to the soul which is only journeying through an unfriendly world to a heritage that cannot fail?

From A String of Amber Beads by Holden, Martha Everts

Mr. Gray looked at him, as at a fine subject which adverse fate was to snatch away from his experiments.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William