To-day it has a population of some twelve or fifteen thousand only, but according to popular tradition it was once a city of two hundred thousand inhabitants, and was a famous and flourishing capital two thousand years ago, long before the birth of Christ.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
He wasn'talways as flourishing as we see him now.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Hawley Hotel did a flourishing business that night.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower