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What, to perverseness? you uncivil lady, To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars My soul the faithfull'st off'rings have breath'd out That e'er devotion tender'd!

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

You uncivil lady,     To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars     My soul the faithfull'st off'rings hath breath'd out     That e'er devotion tender'd!

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William

Fellow-Citizens: Before I attempt to address you, and to respond to the eloquent discourse pronounced under circumstances so unauspicious to eloquence, I must apologize for my appearance before you.

From Ex-President John Quincy Adams in Pittsburgh Address of Welcome, by Wilson McCandless, and Mr. Adams Reply; together with a letter from Mr. Adams Relative to Judge Brackenridge's "Modern Chivalry." by Adams, John Quincy

Hard elements of unauspicious war, Vain vows to Heav'n, and unavailing care!

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

The car drove up in front of the office of the justice of the peace in the town beyond that in which they had had their unauspicious luncheon party.

From Outside Inn by Kelley, Ethel M. (Ethel May)