The capitalist system was termed "capitalism" not by a friend of the system, but by an individual who considered it to be the worst of all historical systems, the greatest evil that had ever befallen mankind. From LearnThat.org. [Ludwig von Mises, Source: Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow, Page:10]
Had an accident befallen him, or had he grown weary?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
The imam says Sankoh told him: "Shame has befallen me.". From Wordnik.com. ['Shame Has Befallen Me'] Reference
But he soon found that another misfortune had befallen him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
"First tell me; do you believe evil has befallen the girl?". From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
He feared that some extraordinary accident had befallen them. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The shrewd man guessed that some good fortune must have befallen. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
When he heard of several little camping experiences which had befallen. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 19: Esther The Challoner Revision] Reference
One of his white friends heard of what had befallen him, and took him to. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Ahmed himself could hardly realize the great blow that had befallen him. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Only the mouth remained, sealed without comment on what had befallen the shrine. From Wordnik.com. [Knell Quarternion] Reference
At the time, he could only think of the catastrophe that had befallen his family. From Wordnik.com. [Gaza doctor writes book of hope despite death of three daughters] Reference
"It's like this," Peter said, anxious to proclaim the good fortune which had befallen him. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Chicks and dudes the world over are experiencing the same heartbreak that has befallen me. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas Forbes: Downward Mobility: Tech Toys and Society] Reference
And he told of the battles he had fought, of his promotions and all that had befallen him. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
The age that pushes hard against unformed youth is not something that has just befallen us. From Wordnik.com. [A Trickle-Down Culture] Reference
If hurt has befallen Marjorie Lindon you shall account for it to me with your life's blood. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
They gain most when some disaster has befallen the city and they sell the corn for a high price. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
Say not: I have sinned, and what harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
No worse calamity could have befallen them, since they were now unable to cut fuel or to procure fish. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Truth to say, he had had several in his life, but this seemed to him the happiest which had ever befallen. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
A.sad affliction has also befallen our honored missionary, Dr.A. L. Riggs, and his family, of Santee, Neb. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 02, February, 1895] Reference
Or, should he return to the palace and inform Sir Bryony and the Royal Guard of what had befallen their princess?. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part nine}] Reference
He had become most truly attached to the boy, and would have been grieved to the heart had any harm befallen him. From Wordnik.com. [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference
They have seen with their own eyes and with lively emotion the greatness of the disasters which have befallen us. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
She saw the accident which had befallen her rose, and took mine from me and replaced her ornament with a fresh blossom. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Only a few hours before she would have rejoiced in any small trouble or difficulty which might have befallen Mr. Thorne. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
"I have only recently returned to England, and have but just heard of the accident that has befallen my son," said Mr. Hibbert. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Given the fates that have befallen other investigative journalists in Russia in recent years, some might fear for the authors 'safety. From Wordnik.com. [State Security, Post-Soviet Style] Reference
I dispatched an express as soon as it was in my power; but some accident must have befallen him, as no news have been received of me. '. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The detective ran for some distance, and saw no one; and his anxiety became intense lest some real harm had befallen the helpless girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz, the Themanite, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
But the King took his wife and the twelve Princes and went home with them to their father and mother, and told all that had befallen them. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
For as for this, it might have happened unto any man, but any man having such a thing befallen him, could not have continued without grief. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
In consequence of the disasters that had befallen us in the past few days, Lee could be reinforced largely, and I had no doubt he would be. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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