upgrowth

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But Cecil and his mistress could watch the upgrowth of national wealth with cooler eyes.

From History of the English People, Volume IV by Green, John Richard

The middle class which was thus created was reinforced by the upgrowth of a corresponding class in our towns.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

Reforesting by the upgrowth of young trees is still going on to a limited extent, but is in danger.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

The work had gone with rapidity, yet with sureness, as in those early years of Christianity, which saw so rich and marvellous an upgrowth from the old soil of humanity.

From The Case of Richard Meynell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

In this way, growing at its edge, deepening, and contributing to an upgrowth from the bottom, a few centuries may serve entirely to fill a deep basin with peaty accumulation.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate