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Search phrase: misfortune

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Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.iv.3	What late misfortune is befallen King Edward?	What late misfortune is befalne King Edward?
The Merchant of Venice	MV I.i.21	Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt	Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt
The Merchant of Venice	MV II.iv.35	And never dare misfortune cross her foot,	And neuer dare misfortune crosse her foote,
Much Ado About Nothing	MA V.i.17	Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk	Patch griefe with prouerbs, make misfortune drunke,
Pericles	Per II.iii.88	Who only by misfortune of the seas	who onely by misfortune of the seas,
Pericles	Per II.iii.90	Now, by the gods, I pity his misfortune	Now by the Gods, I pitty his misfortune,
Richard II	R2 I.ii.49	Or if misfortune miss the first career,	Or if misfortune misse the first carreere,
Richard II	R2 V.v.29	Bearing their own misfortunes on the back	Bearing their owne misfortune on the backe
Richard II	R2 V.v.71	That brings me food to make misfortune live?	That brings me food, to make misfortune liue?
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.iv.91	Which once untangled much misfortune bodes.	which once vntangled, much misfortune bodes,

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The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1713	Of hard misfortune, carved in it with tears.	Of hard misfortune, caru'd it in with tears.

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amiss	misfortune, calamity, adversity
bale	sorrow, pain, misfortune
casualty	mischance, misfortune, disaster
chance	misfortune, mischance, mishap
cut	blow, misfortune, disaster
disaster	[astrology] ruin, strike with calamity, bring misfortune on
disaster	misfortune, instance of bad luck
disgrace	misfortune, calamity, injury
evil	affliction, misfortune, hardship
fault	misfortune, mischance, bad luck
harm	misfortune, affliction, trouble
ill	trouble, affliction, misfortune
misadventure	misfortune, mishap, tragic accident
mischance	misfortune, calamity, mishap
mischief	catastrophe, calamity, misfortune
mischief	disease, ailment, misfortune
mishap	evil, misfortune, calamity
oppression	misfortune, distress, difficulty
prejudice	detriment, damage, misfortune
unhappiness	misfortune, mishap, bad luck
unhappy	trouble-causing, bringing misfortune
wroth	misfortune, grief, ruin

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
MISFORTUNE	BASIC	see FORTUNE

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