General Monk's "misfortune" is no less a calamity than his marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)] Reference
Will Clark's misfortune is Jeff Conine's good fortune. From Wordnik.com. [covering baseball for USATODAY.com.Two GM job openings - apply now] Reference
What dire misfortune is this I must bear fief or loath?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Fayth my misfortune is shee knowes hir sceane self too well. From Wordnik.com. [The Concealed Fansyes: A Play by Lady Jane Cavendish and Lady Elizabeth Brackley] Reference
Their misfortune is so heavy that they cannot forget it for a second. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from the Marsh Croft] Reference
Being fellows in misfortune, they began reciprocally to communicate their secrets. From Wordnik.com. [The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre] Reference
"The snarling frenzy with which he meets misfortune is both pathetic and ruthless.". From Wordnik.com. [Tony Curtis dies at 85; starred in 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Sweet Smell of Success'] Reference
This misfortune is divided between the people who own hops and the people who pick hops. From Wordnik.com. [Hops and Hoppers] Reference
It does seem that only in misfortune do the masses of men look to the aid of the supernatural. From Wordnik.com. [Victorious Peace] Reference
Dear Mr. Snicket: Having written so much about beautiful young women in misfortune, I hope you can help me. From Wordnik.com. [December 2008] Reference
"The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.". From Wordnik.com. [The Liberty Papers] Reference
Even the breaking off with Edgar seemed as a new misfortune from the new force which circumstances gave to its affliction. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
That string of misfortune is behind him, at least so far, and Pope's steady presence suddenly is even more vital to the lineup options facing coach Bruce Arena. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Pope quietly, reliably sets fine example] Reference
Some misfortune is threatening us, I feel, and it is concealed from me, as if I could be happy or at rest if sorrow is hanging over my dear parents or the nation. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Tapestry Room: A Child's Romance] Reference
"We thank you for your wish to help us," he said at last, "but what you call our misfortune seems to be a necessary part of our makeup. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
The misfortune has been the forcible annexation of. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
But fate decreed that the misfortune should be his. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Age] Reference
NGUYEN: But first, your misfortune could be their gain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2009] Reference
There is none, unless thou wouldst name misfortune herself. From Wordnik.com. [Hecuba] Reference
The Italians called the misfortune of falling into their hands. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
"And so what the world calls misfortune has proved a blessing.". From Wordnik.com. [All's for the Best] Reference
My misfortune was the greater on this occasion, because that General. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1] Reference
And listen, besides that, my misfortune has been a famous lesson to me. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
But before he reached his destination, what people call a misfortune befell him. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
Well, it was the fault, perhaps it should rather be called the misfortune, of character. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Choulette warned Madame Martin severely that she should not call misfortune an unwelcome visitor. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Gordon's prospects too were far from rosy at this time, so that they were companions in misfortune. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
And dost thou in all cases call that a mans misfortune, which is not a deviation from mans nature?. From Wordnik.com. [IV] Reference
Vicissitudes clip us here and there, so-called misfortune or bad luck will strike us when least suspected. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
If he failed, the misfortune was his; and the misfortune, as he well knew, was one which it was hard to bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
As the battle was really her own, rather than mine, of course my misfortune was the greater catastrophe to her. From Wordnik.com. [Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk] Reference
As he recalled the misfortune he wept bitterly, and would have given all he possessed to have her once more alive. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Fairy Book] Reference
Her misfortune is to be a victim of the political mismanagement which has made such a mess of immigration to the UK. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
She has another misfortune, which is, that she cannot read twice over those choice books which she esteems exclusively. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5] Reference
Rose's voice sank almost to a whisper as she ended, and Dr. Alec bent his head, as if involuntarily saluting a comrade in misfortune. From Wordnik.com. [Rose in Bloom] Reference
The laft misfortune, which is but too common, has given occafion to the laying, That the planters of indigo go to bed rich, and rife in the. From Wordnik.com. [The history of America, : from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war. : With an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies.] Reference
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