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Meanings of stand prosperity in English

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Usage of stand prosperity in English
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There are some boys, as well as men, who cannot stand prosperity.
Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
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A plug hat can stand prosperity, and shine forth joyously while nature smiles.
Remarks
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He couldn't stand prosperity; turned out to be a lush.
All the way
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Men can't stand prosperity, but women can stand misfortune.
The World for Sale, Volume 3.
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And then Bob MacNair learned a lesson which he never forgot-his Indians could not stand prosperity.
The Gun-Brand
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Few of us can stand prosperity.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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Some people can not stand prosperity.
The Innocents Abroad
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He cannot stand prosperity.
The University of Hard Knocks
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It is an oft-proved adage that for ten who can stand adversity there is but one who can stand prosperity.
Sandy
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The predictions were many that an uncommon future lay before me, but, alas, I could stand prosperity no better than adversity.
Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
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He sat down and, turning to me, said: 'Edison, it's no use, this is the third time; I can't stand prosperity.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
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We don't know what to conclude from these statistics; it may bethat the ladies can't stand prosperity and the men fold up in a depression.
The new yorker
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To give him his due he stands prosperity not quite as well as he did poverty.
Promenades of an Impressionist
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"I couldn't stand prosperity," Osborne said wryly, recalling those years.
The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
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Stand prosperity through the time