Today the same city is supposed to get rich again by central diktat.

I was financially well off, rich by the standards of many.

"Look for the rich by the water, close to horses or near a great golf course."

But the top 1 percent is not getting rich by itself.

He is rich, with servants, a town house, and a garden by the river.

Not rich by any means, but well off, despite the economic depression then gripping the nation.

"We don't think they got rich on the deal by any stretch of the imagination."

In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

He later loses his wealth and wife, only to become rich again by the end of the book.

My people are skilled and our ship is rich, by many standards.