adverse fate

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My sister—yield thee to thy adverse fate; Think of thy father, think of Regulus; Has he not taught thee how to brave misfortune?

From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by More, Hannah

Seldom has an undertaking been more remorselessly dogged by an adverse fate than that of Anson.

From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by Household, H. W.

His life apart from business was akin to his business life in that; reflection on what was best, just and honourable, and then his decision, which no adverse fate was ever afterwards to shake.

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

But next day, after this small bounty and grateful success, adverse fate had prepared for me a graver alarm than I had ever experienced in my life of peril and hazard.

From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

My dear Madam, there are chains which hold us as the cable holds the ship; and, in their sure restraint, we safely ride through all the howling blasts of adverse fate.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various