Literary notes about prosperous (AI summary)
The term "prosperous" is employed across literary works to convey a multifaceted sense of flourishing, whether in material wealth, social status, or even moral and cultural well-being. In some texts, it denotes tangible success and affluence, as seen in descriptions of thriving trade centers and secure states [1, 2], while in others it reflects an idealized state of peace and virtuous living, such as in regal blessings and hopeful pronouncements [3, 4, 5]. Authors also use the term with a measured irony, juxtaposing outward prosperity with internal decay or moral ambiguity, thereby enriching character portrayals and thematic contrasts [6, 7]. Whether affirming the promise of a bountiful future or critiquing a superficial glitter of success, "prosperous" proves to be a versatile and evocative descriptor in literature [8, 9, 10].
- It lies on the seaboard—a prosperous, large and flourishing town.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon - From this place he marched three stages, twenty parasangs in all, to Celaenae, a populous city of Phrygia, large and prosperous.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon - Adieu, O best of pious men, mayst thou be prosperous, and may righteousness shield thee, and mayst thou be assiduous in the practice of virtue.’
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - “I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - I hope you have been this day preserved for a prosperous and happy life.—Chair there!”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - The chief emulation among them seemed to be, to see which could manage to be the uncleanest and most prosperous with vermin.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - She could not consider her partiality for Edward in so prosperous a state as Marianne had believed it.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - The Thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman; and to be king Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor.
— from Macbeth by William Shakespeare - Steam crowded men together; electricity will probably scatter them again, and may perhaps bring about a more prosperous condition of the labor market.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - The image of it gives me content already; and I trust it will grow to a most prosperous perfection.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
