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Their ventures were usually of the most modest kind: beginning with a peseta, and graduating upwards, in proportion to the propitiousness of Fortune.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne

This smithy of Newlands filled the function which under a higher propitiousness of circumstance is answered by a club.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

On the contrary, there is between the propitiousness of soil and climate and the establishment of civilization, a complete independence.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

And then, sure of the shadow and the propitiousness of the moment, he kissed her.

From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison

What an ideal traveller Euralina would be under a wider propitiousness of circumstance!

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles