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They all talked to her as though she was simply obstinate and a fool, not perceiving, as she did herself, that the untowardness of her fortune had prescribed this destiny for her.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

She launched with zest upon the somewhat unoriginal thesis, and Cally relapsed into her own thoughts, which were full of rebellion at the bitter untowardness of her fate....

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

I would that had been sent that would mend thy untowardness and bring thy temper to a comelier mould.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

Her idea was that all her misery had come from the untowardness of the meeting.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

It would require much patient continuance in well doing in those who attempted it, and they must be prepared, perhaps, to meet with some untowardness and much disappointment.” 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George