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Meanings of have the misfortune in English

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Usage of have the misfortune in English
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No, I have the misfortune to be intimately acquainted with the gentleman.
Birds of Prey
2
I have the misfortune of being able to see through all masks.
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
3
Did this gentleman have the misfortune to demand all of the sidewalk?
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport
4
How did you have the misfortune to fall in with these thieves?
Ilse Witch
5
You other gentlemen have the misfortune of being present at an awkward time.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
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And sometimes you have the misfortune to have the same taste as I.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
7
If I have the misfortune to be under that influence, so has he.
Bleak House
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You see I have the misfortune to be an idle man.
The Law and the Lady
9
What will you do, if you have the misfortune to spill the salt?
"I Say No"
10
Mr. Wood, you have the misfortune of admiring dolls I can't sell to you.
Goodbye dolly
11
Although we have the misfortune of not being old Christians, our family is without blemish.
Purity of blood
12
I have the misfortune not to be your mother!
There & Back
13
Occasionally black boys have the misfortune to do exactly the wrong thing with the best intentions.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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I have the misfortune never to appear before you, Celeste, except in a very unprepossessing state.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
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I have the misfortune to have no wife.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
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My friends too might enjoy them-ifI do not have the misfortune to outlive them all.
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