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In interest, movement, populousness, it did not compare with a county-court day, which her imagination had multiplied when she estimated the relative importance of the events.

From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

Of this church there remain the deserted buildings before us, springing from the weeds, but on a scale which makes simple realization of the populousness of the ancient colony.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry

The God of Mohammed without a rival is invoked in the mosques of Thyatira and Pergamus; and the populousness of Smyrna is supported by the foreign trade of the Franks and Armenians.

From The Revelation Explained by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)

By all accounts too, their populousness is greatly decreased.

From An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton by Maillard, Antoine Simon

National beauty also declined with the nation's populousness.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm