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Example sentences for "prosperity"

Lexicographically close words:
prospereth; prospering; prosperite; prosperitie; prosperities; prosperous; prosperously; prospers; prostate; prostatic
  1. Recent reports, made by a correspondent of the Jewish Chronicle in London, are aglow with enthusiasm for the prosperity of their now thrifty and intelligent colony, and reassure us of the vigor and tenacity of our faith in that distant land.

  2. Nassy flattered himself that his personal influence was necessary to the welfare and prosperity of the colony.

  3. As late as 1853, the records inform us of their prosperity and constantly growing activity and interest in the colony.

  4. President Grant appointed General Salomon to the Governorship of Washington Territory which position he held four years to the satisfaction of the citizens and to the increased industrial prosperity of the North-west.

  5. The Citizens' Captain Boeye and the spirited David Nassy, (who more than any one else before and after him worked for the prosperity of Surinam) were chosen leaders of this campaign.

  6. The reflection on the days of difficulty and danger, which are past, is rendered the more sweet from a consciousness that they are succeeded by days of uncommon prosperity and security.

  7. The carelessness and short-sightedness of men in prosperity has never ceased to be a marvel.

  8. Anthony exaggerated the power of the falls and the prosperity of the country to the limit of his imagination.

  9. The only villages to which any prosperity remained were those in the hills inhabited by tribes of a Karen origin who held aloof from Shan politics.

  10. It bore the marks of recent prosperity and a thick population.

  11. Its history since has not been one of remarkable prosperity either for the Government or the shareholders.

  12. The vast sums expended on the Mandalay-Lashio railway in the Northern States and on the road connecting the Southern States with the Toungoo-Mandalay railway have not been repaid, except by the increased prosperity of the country.

  13. He congratulates Henry on his success in a just and pious war; and complains that the prosperity of his own empire is disturbed by the audacious enterprises of the Norman Robert.

  14. To their industry, the prosperity of the province, the Sogdiana of the ancients, may in a great measure be ascribed; but the advantages of the soil and climate had been understood and cultivated since the reign of the Macedonian kings.

  15. But the public virtues of Abubeker and Omar, the prudence of the first, the severity of the second, maintained the peace and prosperity of their reigns.

  16. In the peaceful prosperity of his reign, the cities of Asia were adorned with palaces and hospitals with moschs and colleges; few departed from his Divan without reward, and none without justice.

  17. The name of Mahmud the Gaznevide is still venerable in the East: his subjects enjoyed the blessings of prosperity and peace; his vices were concealed by the veil of religion; and two familiar examples will testify his justice and magnanimity.

  18. Days of Prosperity in Gloucester Place, or a Kept Mistress in High Feather, ii.

  19. Her premises and herself showed no ill effect from the prosperity brought to her through the guide-book I have already quoted.

  20. Meanwhile that good meal of yours, and you its hostess, had been mentioned in a book by another of those three guests; and you told me of the prosperity this had brought you.

  21. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, and the construction of a breakwater at Colombo, leading to the transfer of the mail and most of the commercial steamers to the capital of the island, seriously diminished the prosperity of Galle.

  22. The beginning of a return to prosperity came in 1816 when some British traders, obliged to leave Senegal on the restoration of that country to France after the Napoleonic wars, founded a settlement on St Mary's Isle.

  23. Everything seemed now to promise a close of unbroken prosperity to Galileo's career.

  24. War and extravagant expenditure had come, and he believed both to be fatal to the prosperity and progress of America.

  25. In the 15th century the Songhoi regained power and Gao attained its greatest prosperity in the reign of Askia.

  26. Industry is a badge of honor, an introduction everywhere to the true nobility of the world, the security that each may take of the future for his own happiness and prosperity in it.

  27. We are accustomed to use the word prosperity as synonymous with accumulation; and yet, in a true view, a man may be prosperous and accumulate nothing.

  28. And it must, also, be admitted that peace and prosperity render sound political learning and great experience less necessary, and at the same time multiply the number of men who are considered eligible to office.

  29. It is essential to the true prosperity of this seminary, and it is also essential to the intellectual advancement of the people within your influence.

  30. At the time when the prosperity of the Company reached the highest point, the management was entirely in the hands of a few merchants of enormous wealth.

  31. The Mogul empire, though undermined by internal causes of decay, and tottering to its fall, still presented to distant nations the appearance of undiminished prosperity and vigour.

  32. Russell had always been froward, arrogant and mutinous; and now prosperity and glory brought out his vices in full strength.

  33. But this wonderful prosperity was not uninterrupted.

  34. In truth what was called severe distress here would have been called unexampled prosperity there.

  35. Whenever the dignity of the English flag, whenever the prosperity of the English trade was concerned, he forgot that he was a Hollander.

  36. On the credit of the Exchequer Bills depended, at that moment, the political greatness and the commercial prosperity of the realm.

  37. Such a notification would have been an affront to Montague; and Montague, flushed with prosperity and glory, was not in a mood to put up with affronts.

  38. The members chosen were, with few exceptions, men animated by the spirit of Enniskillen and Londonderry, a spirit eminently heroic in times of distress and peril, but too often cruel and imperious in the season of prosperity and power.

  39. His people, a people among whose many fine qualities moderation in prosperity cannot be reckoned, seemed for a time to be drunk with pride.

  40. But already the deep and solid foundation had been laid on which was to rise the most gigantic fabric of commercial prosperity that the world had ever seen.

  41. In some cases things of precious stone are referred to, a circumstance which points to a considerable amount of prosperity on the part of the owner of the house and its contents.

  42. This reign was short enough, but there is hardly any doubt that in it the prosperity of Egypt was renewed.

  43. The industry brought a wave of prosperity to the district; for coprolites were worth some L3 per ton, and the average yield was some 300 tons per acre.

  44. And with the trade has disappeared the artificial prosperity which it brought, to be succeeded by the full weight of the agricultural depression.

  45. Thus it came about that the reclamation of the fens went hand in hand with the prosperity of the Abbeys around them.

  46. I only found out yesterday how one can fight with a will when the prosperity of a lifetime and all one's future are dependent on the result.

  47. But he had learnt confidence in himself; his wife was at his side, and on his exertions depended Eugenie's future prosperity and his own.

  48. Continent to render its quiet and prosperity impossible.

  49. This must shake the security and prosperity of a nation.

  50. The prosperity of dear little Belgium is a bright star in the stormy night all around.

  51. May it be one of peace and prosperity to us all, and may we have the happiness of seeing you again.

  52. Job Chapter 22 Eliphaz falsely imputes many crimes to Job, but promises him prosperity if he will repent.

  53. Job Chapter 20 Sophar declares the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked: and their sudden downfall.

  54. I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.

  55. On the contrary, no Christian monarch ever treated that court with greater contumely, or in a manner more hostile and effectively prejudicial to its prosperity and influence.

  56. This act of wisdom and justice is a source of prosperity and pride to the millions living beneath its influence.

  57. It positively declared that hereditary government was essential to the happiness, the glory, and the prosperity of France, and that that government could be confided only to Bonaparte and his family.

  58. Fundamentals of Prosperity What They Are and Whence They Come By ROGER W.

  59. An area of prosperity is always followed by an area of depression; an area of depression in turn is always followed by an area of prosperity.

  60. Hence the fourth fundamental of prosperity is Coöperation.

  61. Much of the prosperity of this nation is due to the family prayers which were once daily held in the homes of our fathers.

  62. Prosperity is the result of righteousness rather than of material things.

  63. The high points of the stock market have come in the early part of the prosperity areas and the low points have come about the beginning of the depression areas.

  64. The true prosperity of a country depends upon the same qualities as the true prosperity of its people.

  65. The highest prices of bonds have usually come about the end of the depression areas and high money rates, and lowest bond prices at about the end of the prosperity areas.

  66. The first fundamental of prosperity is Integrity.

  67. Start in to develop them and thereby strengthen the foundation of the business and the prosperity of the nation.

  68. The corner-stone of prosperity is the stone of Integrity.

  69. It is a fact that the third fundamental of prosperity is Industry.

  70. One cannot exist without the other and prosperity cannot continue without both.

  71. No doubt, prosperity being essential, the audience of our theaters must share the blame with their favorites.

  72. So the master and apprentice sat side by side, clinking their goblets, and drinking to the health and prosperity of the art of printing.

  73. Neither did the neighbours, in the midst of the general confusion, feel much disposed to come to the aid of a man who by his haughtiness in prosperity had estranged them from him.

  74. That which most vitally touches the future prosperity of the states is the warfare which now rages between the northern and southern sections of the republic.

  75. He owed his early prosperity to Addison, his cousin, and by way of gratitude he sought to throw upon his benefactor's memory the odium of this moist and melancholy exit from the world.

  76. Yon are aware by what extraordinary incidents you were preserved and discovered, and what great and unusual prosperity has since attended you.


  77. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prosperity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.