Providence

(noun.) the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; 'divine providence'.

(noun.) the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources.

(noun.) the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University.

(noun.) a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures.

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• Oh, Providence is kind! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Well, then, we'll all go ahead and buy up niggers, said the man, if that's the way of Providence,--won't we, Squire? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I suppose it answers some wise ends: Providence made them so, eh, Bulstrode? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was a little particular of Providence,' said the foreign gentleman, laughing; 'for the frontier is not large. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Ah, my dear Miss Bart, I am not divine Providence, to guarantee your enjoying the things you are trying to get! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It was that, in my being brought low, he saw the finger of Providence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He went back to Providence and set to work, and brought the engine back with him to the shop. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And all this was to have come without study or other inconvenience, purely by the favor of providence in the shape of an old gentleman's caprice. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• There is a good deal of trusting in Providence about the whole scheme, said Justinian, with a sigh. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Ah, but in doing it--in doing it you were the unconscious instrument of--of--what word have we moderns for Providence, Mr. Archer? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It has pleased Providence to postpone the attainment of this object. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• After five years of misunderstandings on the stairs, it pleased an all-wise Providence to relieve us of each other by taking my wife. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Yes, continued the tall man, we must all be resigned to the decrees of Providence. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Whether Providence had taken equal care of Miss Brooke in presenting her with Mr. Casaubon was an idea which could hardly occur to him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But it was a merciful Providence which prevented him from foreseeing the hideous reality which awaited them in the grim depths of that gloomy wood. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They are a kind of providences that you'll have to be pretty sparing of, Master Sam. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• These yer 's all providences. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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