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  • -- No Governments say he but Monarchies are subject to this kind of Misfortunes from absurdity.

    John Adams diary 33, 14 September - 3 October 1782 1961

  • Misfortunes should find no refuge in government programs beyond an austere safety net.

    Bruce Fein: At the Edge of Self-Destruction Bruce Fein 2011

  • 'Moll Flanders' 'Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders' Before Daniel Craig carried James Bond's gun, he wore a wig as 'Jemmy' Seagrave, Moll's fourth of five husbands, in the 1996 BBC Masterpiece Theater adaptation of Daniel Defoe's scandalous 1722 novel.

    TV on DVD 2011

  • Misfortunes happen, and responsible parents don't forfeit useful rights and benefits just so one of them will look nice in a dress.

    Carolyn Hax: Resist the temptation of the told-you-so's 2011

  • There was one book in particular, called Les Malheurs de Sophie (The Misfortunes of Sophie), and Dad loved to tease me about it.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The magic country of childhood reading 2009

  • Misfortunes galloped up and down the alleys, pushing through the crowd, knocking men over and whinnying like angry stallions.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • I called down to Catena, Misfortunes are already on the roof.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Misfortunes galloped up and down the alleys, pushing through the crowd, knocking men over and whinnying like angry stallions.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • I called down to Catena, Misfortunes are already on the roof.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Misfortunes galloped up and down the alleys, pushing through the crowd, knocking men over and whinnying like angry stallions.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

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