No wonder his aim Miscarried, and he had ground to complain bitterly of signal injustice.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
As none of our letters by that convey- ance have Miscarried when you have been in more apparently disagreeable situations than you are in at present.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
On his return, not before, for he had wandered from place to place, and many letters had Miscarried-amongst them the missive which had told him of his uncle's death and cousin's blindness-he heard of the calamity which had befallen Sidney in his absence.
"Mattie:--A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)"
Frederick William Robinson