adverse fate

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Meantime, the Greeks Sloping their shields, approach'd the walls of Troy,5 And Hector, by his adverse fate ensnared, Still stood exposed before the Scæan gate.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

He had stood before her, his shoulders bowed beneath his adverse fate, and had not dared to raise his eyes to hers.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz

But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.

They had no alternative but to submit to their adverse fate, and in several detachments they were transported to their new homes.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

She was the plaything of a relentlessly adverse fate.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred