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  • The handsome student from Leyden -- the potential Congreve who wrote _Love in Several Masques_, and had Lady Mary Wortley Montagu for patroness, might fairly be supposed to have expectations which warranted the civilities of Messrs. Wilks and Cibber; but the "Luckless" of two years later had probably convinced them that his dramatic performances did not involve their _sine qua non_ of success.

    Fielding Austin Dobson 1880

  • An apt subtitle for the boisterous frolic, full of storyteller wisdom and cautionary lessons, might be "The Cunning, Luckless Vixen."

    Mark Morris And His Joy of Text Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Luckless Matt Saracen's endless struggle to do the right thing.

    Five reasons why Friday Night Lights has earned its replay on Sky Atlantic 2012

  • Luckless cacophony can only push so far up the curve of diminishing returns.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Kutiman mixes YouTube 2009

  • His attitude helps Mancy the Luckless get into the strangest situations aboard the ship.

    The Lees of Laughter's End - Steven Erikson Val 2009

  • Luckless all year, the Dolphins needed a big break to improve to 1-13.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Luckless monkeys have coils implanted in both eyes, multiple craniotomies for electrode placements in their brains and head immobilization surgeries in which screws, bolts and plates are directly attached to their skulls.

    Leading Alzheimer's researcher: Animal experiments will not help humans 2009

  • Meet Emancipor Reese, a man in his 60s or early 70s, whom friends have nicknamed Mancy the Luckless.

    Bauchelain and Korbal Broach Fred Perry 2009

  • Meet Emancipor Reese, a man in his 60s or early 70s, whom friends have nicknamed Mancy the Luckless.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Fred Perry 2009

  • In Lamentable Moll they took on a new crew and three passengers – Bauchelain, Korbal Broach, and Mancy the Luckless.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Neth 2008

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