providential care. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I use the term providential, at the same time that I believe nothing happens to us which is not subject to God's providing care. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific] Reference
"That, now, is what I call a providential circumstance; indeed, from all. From Wordnik.com. [Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor] Reference
Emperor might have termed providential, reduced the high-spirited Count of. From Wordnik.com. [Count Robert of Paris] Reference
Why, it's actually what you might call providential the way things turns out. From Wordnik.com. [Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida] Reference
I'm not so surprised at seeing you, old fellow, because I picked up a letter -- what you may call a providential thing. From Wordnik.com. [Middlemarch] Reference
Whether or not, as Josephus asserts, they entirely rejected fate, that is, the providential direction of human affairs, is not clear. From Wordnik.com. [The Makers and Teachers of Judaism] Reference
Gradually, American writers extracted the idea of providential mission from its previous identification with Great Britain as a whole. From Wordnik.com. [The Chosen Peoples] Reference
As that visit became the germ of so much blessing to the Vaudois, it is not unimportant to recall the providential circumstance which led to that visit. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
I did not delude myself with the notion of providential use of the tongue that tripped at the consonants and lingered in liquid dalliance with favorite vowels. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)] Reference
Emperor might have termed providential, reduced the high-spirited Count of Vermandois to the situation, of a suppliant, when he expected to hold that of a dictator. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley Novels — Volume 12] Reference
The provision of blank verse for Shakspere's use seems to us worthy of being called providential, even in a system in which we cannot believe that there is any chance. From Wordnik.com. [A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare] Reference
And it ` s kind of providential like a lot of the things that happened throughout the making of this film where they just happened. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2009] Reference
That orderly, tolerant, 'providential' country, seen on a map with 'its streamer of northern isles' like 'a land steaming seaward, 'is the deep field of Hans's memories. From Wordnik.com. [Underground Men] Reference
He relates the unfolding of events, described by Faith as "providential". From Wordnik.com. [JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories] Reference
I can't but look upon this unexpected meeting as a kind of providential arrangement. From Wordnik.com. [The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II] Reference
PALIN: I've gotta share with you -- it's like kind of providential -- yesterday, what happened to me. From Wordnik.com. [Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire] Reference
I say "providential," for it was notorious that he was an evil man, a drinker of beer and a favourite of many bad persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Keepers of the King's Peace] Reference
"Yet I suppose no one has failed to notice several small coincidences in their lives, of what might almost be called a providential kind. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College] Reference
“Yet I suppose no one has failed to notice several small coincidences in their lives, of what might almost be called a providential kind. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton B A Of Trinity College Cambridge]
"Has it occurred to you, John," I asked, "that if you really wish to visit Pongo-land here is perhaps what you would call a providential opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Allan and the Holy Flower] Reference
"providential," never was a child less needed in a family. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies] Reference
'providential' circumstance of his having confided his case to Temple and his father. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
“I did not mean nothing, child; I'm sure I think it is kind of providential to have a lively disposition. From Wordnik.com. [The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man] Reference
Just at this time came his providential acquaintance with Robert Moffat. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
And a similar combination runs through the ancient providential history. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
And it was providential that they all did find such a soft cushion when they landed. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Isn't it providential, old chap, that after all these hours we should come across it again?. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
The coming of the girl, Maggie, though a strange coincidence, Ruth looked upon as providential. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Had it not been for these providential circumstances, the people must have perished with famine. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
The only reason I did not jump off of a pier was the providential intervention of several stiff cocktails. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
Still it was a providential thing for him that she was poor, otherwise he never should have dared to aspire to her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"You see it was written that you should see Madame Dammauville, in spite of yourself, in spite of all; it was providential.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This was the providential movement of a great people, organizing a method of labor which should overthrow the American aristocracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
That it was a wise, just, and providential act, fraught with good for all concerned, is not generally conceded throughout the country. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Newman was enjoying one of those providential days when everything he nicked avoided hands and everything he fished at avoided the edge. From Wordnik.com. [County cricket - as it happened!] Reference
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