All 3 Uses of
providence
in
Great Expectations
- No sooner did he see me, than he appeared to consider that a special Providence had put a 'prentice in his way to be read at; and he laid hold of me, and insisted on my accompanying him to the Pumblechookian parlor.†
Chpt 15 *
- I really believe Joe would have prolonged this word (mightily expressive to my mind of some architecture that I know) into a perfect Chorus, but for his attention being providentially attracted by his hat, which was toppling.†
Chpt 27
- It was that, in my being brought low, he saw the finger of Providence.†
Chpt 58
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