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Definition of Misadventures
1. misadventure [n] - See also: misadventure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misadventures
Literary usage of Misadventures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1898)
"... misadventures of Matthieu and his Party — Return to the Caches at Salmon
River — Battle between Nez Perec's and Blackfeet — Heroism of a Nez Perc£ Woman ..."
2. Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707 by Albert Cook Myers (1912)
"... England, second son of Francis Plowden, of Plowden, Herefordshire, is "the
English knight" whose misadventures are here related by Governor Printz. ..."
3. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London by Corporation of London, Corporation of London (England), John Carpenter, Henry Thomas Riley (1861)
"... as to attachments and misadventures that have taken place in that city.
CHAPTER I. Fol. 16 A. In the first place, it must be fully understood and agreed ..."
4. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... all that tempts your wandering eyes, And heedless hearts, is lawful prize,
Nor all that glistens gold. Thomas Gray. misadventures AT MARGATE A LEGEND OF ..."
5. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... misadventures of Matthieu and his Party — Return to the Caches at Salmon
River — Battle between Nez ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"AFTER misadventures COME GOOD HAPS. I NEVER thought but this'that luck in fine
Would to my will and ..."
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