The general air of Auxerre is ancient and respectable; but conveys no ideas of populousness or commerce. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
Close to the beach are scores of villages, while the crowded shore indicates the populousness of the place beyond. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
Mrs. Mittin led immediately to the town, and Camilla was struck with its neatness, and surprised by its populousness. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
Into the land of the senators colonists were sent; from the additions of which Velitræ recovered its appearance of former populousness. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
I fancy that, about this time, Mr. Bronte found it necessary, either from failing health or the increased populousness of the parish, to engage the assistance of a curate. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charlotte Bronte] Reference
Tong-an district than in any other of this department, probably more than in any other of this department, probably more than in any other part of the province of equal extent and populousness. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.] Reference
Hence, if perfect general health, full procreative ability and healthy offspring mark the majority of the individuals, so naturally must the health, vigor, populousness and power of the nation be accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc.] Reference
Alexandria, and Antioch, in extent of populousness. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
In populousness and power, in richness and luxury, London. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6] Reference
Disease cannot be the cause of populousness, for it not only carries off. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780] Reference
The typical household of New England was one of patriarchal populousness. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Bradstreet and Her Time] Reference
But its populousness is owing to an influx of people from all other countries. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780] Reference
Numerous acts were also passed for the purpose of restoring the populousness of the towns. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England] Reference
Pergamus; and the populousness of Smyrna is supported by the foreign trade of the Franks and Armenians. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6] Reference
The populousness of his favored city was the next and most serious object of the attention of its founder. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference
In a country fully inhabited, however afterward laid waste, evident marks will remain of its former populousness. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
River Somme, over a desolate country, whose cultivation and populousness are the effects of more recent industry. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3] Reference
From the commission of their crimes they hasten into the crowd, and hide themselves in the populousness of great cities. From Wordnik.com. [Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845] Reference
Since its attempted restoration by Augustus, it has advanced steadily to almost its former populousness and magnificence. From Wordnik.com. [Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra] Reference
They have the populousness of the North, with the fire of the South; the resources of Tartars, with, the fanaticism of Saracens. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity] Reference
The number of clans in a tribe naturally bore some proportion to the populousness of the tribe, varying from three, in the case of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
Natural as it is to be somewhat incredulous concerning the populousness of the more enormous creatures of the globe, yet what shall we say to. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
When Procopius first landed, he admired the populousness of the cities and country, strenuously exercised in the labors of commerce and agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
As for the city of Kherson, its site was badly chosen, and its seeming prosperity and populousness during the empress's presence quickly passed away. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
The whole number will then be nine hundred, or nine to a square mile; a degree of populousness greater than those tracts of desolation can often show. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
The regions and nations unexplored, it was reasonable to believe, surpassed in extent, and perhaps in populousness, those with which we were familiar. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist] Reference
After having successfully accomplished this exploit, we arrived at the city of Pirisabora, of great size and populousness, and also surrounded with water. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens] Reference
The Arabs might exaggerate the truth, but they created and they describe the most prosperous aera of the riches, the cultivation, and the populousness of Spain. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
The Arabs might exaggerate the truth, but they created and they describe the most prosperous æra of the riches, the cultivation, and the populousness of Spain. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
COUntry-town (and you will believe me, who, you know, am not prejudiced) delights me; the populousness, the ease, the gaiety, and well-dressed every body amaze me. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
Its grandeur and populousness in the ixth century are exaggerated beyond the bounds of credibility; but Rei has been since ruined by wars and the unwholesomeness of the air. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
The Dacian subjects, removed from those distant possessions which they were unable to cultivate or defend, added strength and populousness to the southern side of the Danube. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
He accompanied her down the stream, looking with her on the show of prosperity and populousness which delighted her inexperienced eyes, and smiling covertly at the delusion which. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
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