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There an immense region extends to the south, and the �thiopians dwell in numerous populous and well-circumstanced cities, and navigate the sea.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

But his design was to give and announce beforehand to the crushed and powerless soul the hope of some hundred florins; for so much he could already expect as inheritance from his well-circumstanced father, Eymann.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

No man, however fortunate and well-circumstanced he may be, can afford to thank God that he is not as other men are.

From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge

I heard a very well-circumstanced mother declare: "I never permit my child to have a crumb of food handed it by its governess which has not previously been tasted by me."

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen