He returned home a hopeless invalid, and his tedious illness was cheered by the affectionate Tendance of her who had for so many years acted a mother's part towards him.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
He did not want us or any one else; he had ceased to eat or to drink, and relieved himself as he lay, asking neither help nor Tendance.
"The New Book Of Martyrs"
Georges Duhamel
Aias is with me, yea, but crouching low, I 2 Where Heaven-sent madness haunts his overthrow, Beyond my cure or Tendance: woful plight!
"The Seven Plays in English Verse"
Sophocles