adverse fate
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A fortnight had passed, and he defied his aunt, Monsieur Leroy, the whole world, an adverse fate, and the powers of evil.
From Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
But it was not in a boy like Desmond, young, strong, high spirited, tamely to fold his hands before adverse fate.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
I confined myself to the examination of those who may be properly designated the helpless victims of adverse fate.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
Instead of sinking under the redoubled blows of an adverse fate, the little Russian rebounded like a rubber ball.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
But adverse fate seemed at last to relent, and a light breeze sprung up from the southward.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
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