Marjorie's first day of school had begun far from propitiously.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
I shall be a restless and solitary wanderer on the face of the earth; but should better days arise, and fortune once more smile propitiously on me, then I will not forget thy steady fidelity; for, in hours of deep distress, thy faithful bosom has been the depository of my sorrows.
"The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart"
Adelbert von Chamisso Wilhelm Hauff
March 9. On the morning of March 9 the sun shone propitiously on the expedition.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson