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The Destinies

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(Anc. Myth.) the three Parcæ, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration.

See also: Destiny



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But this did not continue long, for, either according to blind chance, or to the lines of fate written in the book of life ere ever the foundations of the world were laid, Michael was scheduled for an adventure that was profoundly to affect, not alone his own destiny, but the destinies of Kwaque and Dag Daughtry and determine the very place of their death and burial.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
But, writing as a Historian, he has identified himself(perhaps too closely) with the views generally adopted by Flatland, and (as he has been informed) even by Spaceland, Historians; in whose pages (until very recent times) the destinies of Women and of the masses of mankind have seldom been deemed worthy of mention and never of careful consideration.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Chemists--I assert it emphatically--might sway, if they pleased, the destinies of humanity.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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