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Meanings of own misfortune in English

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Usage of own misfortune in English
1
Forster said: He recognises he is the author of his own misfortune.
The Guardian
2
I've agreed to everything here, I'm willing to forget my own misfortune.
The Godfather
3
They traced the similitude of their own misfortune in this unhappy tale.
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
4
A judge said he had been the author of his own misfortune.
The Irish Times
5
It seems wrong, casting Wilde as the author of his own misfortune.
The Guardian
6
But I submit that you are the author of your own misfortune.
The South African
7
But she did not complain about her opponent or her own misfortune.
The Guardian
8
It is that which overpowers you now, and not your own misfortune.'
The Three Clerks
9
Lao-tze taught, 'Rich and high but proud brings about its own misfortune.'
Java Head
10
However, he is also in some measure the author of his own misfortune.
The Irish Times
11
We as a society are the masters of our own misfortune.
The Irish Times
12
He himself had been throughout the architect of his own misfortune.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
13
She answered in a fright, and without any concern for her own misfortune, 'Alas!
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
14
She answered, without any concern for her own misfortune, Alas!
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete
15
Of that he had no doubt, though probably the man had exaggerated his own misfortune.
John Caldigate
16
You say that these are vicious poor, and have brought their own misfortune on themselves.
The Abominations of Modern Society
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