1 The springtime is a provisional paradise, the sun helps man to have patience.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER 2 Villon would no longer meet with his ancient temporary provisional lodging.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS 3 The house loomed obscure and uninhabited; only an oblong gleam above the door spoke of provisional occupancy.
4 Prudence, monsieur, is a virtue sufficiently useless to Musketeers, I know, but indispensable to churchmen; and as I am only a Musketeer provisionally, I hold it good to be prudent.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS 5 D'Artagnan did reflect, and resolved to thrash Planchet provisionally; which he did with the conscientiousness that d'Artagnan carried into everything.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS