All 8 Uses of
providence
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- In a miracle of Divine Providence.†
Chpt 3 *
- Where is the finger of Providence?†
Chpt 7
- Why did Providence hide its face "at the most critical moment" (so Alyosha thought it), as though voluntarily submitting to the blind, dumb, pitiless laws of nature?†
Chpt 7
- No one hears this talk of ours now, except Providence itself, and if you were to tell of it to the prosecutor and Nikolay Parfenovitch you might defend me completely by doing so, for who would be likely to be such a criminal, if he is so open-hearted beforehand?†
Chpt 11
- That third is God Himself—Providence.†
Chpt 11
- 'My son,' said the priest evasively, 'all things are accomplished in accordance with the inscrutable decrees of Providence, and what seems a misfortune sometimes leads to extraordinary, though unapparent, benefits.†
Chpt 11
- This is murmuring against Providence, who even in this has not forgotten you, for if you repine as you repined just now, declaring you'd be glad to have your nose pulled for the rest of your life, your desire has already been fulfilled indirectly, for when you lost your nose, you were led by the nose.'†
Chpt 11
- My client was left to the care of Providence like a beast of the field.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened