"Cityfied" Quotes from Famous Books
... if addressing the damsel)— So now, Amaryllis the truth of your ill-disguised grief I discover! You pined for a favorite youth with cityfied damsels hobnobbing. And soon your surroundings partook of your grief for your recusant lover— The pine trees, the copse and the brook for Tityrus ever ... — John Smith, U.S.A. • Eugene Field
... repeated, "hev tuck on yoseff to drap hints 'at it ain't a civilize' country!—by reason 'at it ain't cityfied! Like Paris, I s'pose, my Gawd!—with thah ... — Gideon's Band - A Tale of the Mississippi • George W. Cable |