Others milled there, as fortuneless and disinterested as I. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
I wish that I were old and ugly, fortuneless and an outcast -- or dead. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
“No wonder,” he thought, “if, courted by the son of a proud and powerful baron, she can no longer spare a word or look to the poor fortuneless page.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
What could I, helpless, houseless, fortuneless, be but a weight upon that buoyancy and ambition of eminence which marks superior natures for the superior honours of life. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Hers, I thought, must be a curious soul, where in spite of a strong, natural tendency to estimate unduly advantages of wealth and station, the sardonic disdain of a fortuneless subordinate had wrought a deeper impression than could be imprinted by the most flattering assiduities of a prosperous. From Wordnik.com. [The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
If Democrats care so much about the "downtrodden," and if the GOP is playing on their false consciousness by emphasizing things that don't matter like abortion and homosexuality, why don't the Democrats simply adopt pro-life and antigay positions, so that they can win office on their superior economic programs and actually do something for these fortuneless folks?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference
In short, in everything that related to accomplishments, whether of mind or body, no pains were spared with little Ned; but of the utilitarian line of education, then almost exclusively adopted, and especially desirable for a fortuneless boy like Ned, dependent on a man not wealthy, there was little given. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance] Reference
He came to the colony, as we have seen, a fortuneless adventurer -- highly recommended, indeed; while the special protection he obtained from the Governor, with the titular and more solid favors he obtained at court, made him a competitor to all other commercialists, whom it was impossible to contend with directly. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12] Reference
"We are both desolate in the world, Constance; we are orphans -- friendless, fortuneless. From Wordnik.com. [Godolphin, Complete] Reference
I am bound to acknowledge you have a right to it, for you have no introduction with me which usually supplies the place of an account of who and what we are; therefore I'll tell you, though I cannot boast of being more than a simple chevalier of now no fortune, having left my country because I raised my voice against the abuses of state; therefore I am but a nameless and fortuneless stranger. ". From Wordnik.com. [Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3] Reference
A poor unknown sailor, fortuneless, friendless, nameless. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast] Reference
The secret history of this may some day come out, but it is now inexplicable, for the mere fact, without the smallest comment, is all that has reached us, In the period, indeed, in which M. d'A. left France, there were but three steps possible for those who had been bred to arms-flight, the guillotine, or fighting for the Republic, "The former this brother," M. d'A. says, "had not energy of character to undertake in the desperate manner in which he risked it himself, friendless and fortuneless, to live in exile as he could. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3] Reference
I am beloved infinitely beloved by her on whom my whole soul is fixed. she is very uncomfortably situated & in my absence has no enjoyment to counteract continual impressions of melancholy — when I am away anxiety prays upon her health & the knowledge of this destroys mine. when together — my dear Bedford I have been a fool & will gibbet myself as an example to all who have more heart than head in secula seculorum! what business had I a fortuneless fellow subsisting on the charity of a relation to think of love! oh I could lead you to a long train of conclusions from this beginning — for surely there must be something wrong in that state of society when two of its worthiest members are made wretched. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 124] Reference
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