| 1. | Had the hour of adversity come Passepartout was as much excited as if the twenty thousand pounds were to come from his own pocket. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| 2. | steadfast Disposed was, this humble creature, Th' adversity of fortune all t' endur. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 3. | fountain Thou hast more ruth on our adversity Than in this world might any tongue tel. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 4. | She had always been exposed completely naked to the sharp wind of adversity now it seemed to her she was clothed. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | The bitter cup of adversity has been drained by me to the very dregs, and I feel that the grave is not far distant. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | parishioners Benign he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversity full patient And such he was y-proved often sithes. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 7. | And this Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest. - from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 8. | mirth, delight Whereas these bachelors singen "Alas" When that they find any adversity In love, which is but childish vanity. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 9. | For she is foster'd in her nourishing More tenderly, and, to my supposing, She mighte not adversity endure As could a poore foster'd creature.. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |