Whate'er I've done, was providently done Tow'rd you and your imprudence.
"The Comedies of Terence"
Publius Terentius Afer
Thus on his furrow see the tiller stand, And fill with genial seed his lavish hand; He trusts the kindness of the fruitful plain, And providently scatters all his grain.
"The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2"
Edward Young
A lumbering mahogany sofa, that showed as much wood and as little promise as possible, a marble-topped centre-table, chairs in the minority, and curtains minus, and the hearth-rug providently turned bottom upwards.
"Queechy, Volume II"
Elizabeth Wetherell