In villadge, borrough, towne or citty Remaines there yet no grace, no pitty?
A tyme J trowe of God for hym prouydyd, Jn alle the heuenes there was no clowdé sayne; From other dayes that day was so deuydyd, And fraunchisyd from mystys and from rayne.
This Philodemus had a daughter called Micca, that not onely for hir chast qualityes and good condicions whiche vertuously flourished in hir but for her extreame and goodly beautye, was in that citty of passing fame and admiration.
Alexander then that had in him more inclination of heat than of pacience, sayd: "Why do we not then recouer the fauour of the Greekes by settinge this Citty on fier?
And throughout the whole Citty great and solemne honour was done vnto him: whereupon the young Gentleman, with whom Elisa was in loue, began to bee ashamed of himselfe, that he had disdayned the mayden.
Were there none els of substance in the Citty for him to geue attempt but to a Wyddowe, a comfortlesse creature, contented with quiet lyfe to lyue amonges hir family within the boundes of hir owne house?
The wholeCitty also rang of the sleights and meanes she vsed to trappe the Noblemen, and of her pollicies to be rid of them when her thirst was stanched, or diet grew lothesome for want of chaunge.
For a Citty is halfe won when they within demaunde for parle, as loth to indure the Canon shot.
In the ende they determined to goe to Venice, but first to Ramagna, there to imbarke themselues for to retyre in saulfty to the citty enuironned wyth the Sea Adriaticum, the richest in Europa.
The Enimies so soone as they were seased and possessed of the place, without any resistaunce of the places abandoned by Godefrey, caried into the Citty at their pleasure all their victualles.
We could not but take notice of the forwardnes of the Citty to comply and albeit there hath bin some protraccõn, yet we now expect the expression of it in a speedie payment.
And in regarde[451] the Provost Marshall of James cittyhath also given some attendance upon the said Generall Assembly, he is also to have a share out of the same.
For the cittyof Henricus Thomas Dowse, John Polentine.
Captaine couragious, whome death cold daunte, beseeged the Citye brauelye, the citty of Gaunt!
When captain's couragious, whom death cold not daunte, Did march to the siege of the citty of Gaunt, They mustred their souldiers by two and by three, And the formost in battle was Mary Ambree.
Let 15 or 20 ov yure kommitty go with the lekturer, next morning, tew the kars, and az each one shakes hands with him with a kind ov deth grip, don't forget tew state that yure citty iz growing very mutch in people.
NEW YORK citty is a fasst place, yu kant even pass a phuneral procession, unless yu have got the fassest hoss.
I waz glad that thare waz one stage hoss in New York citty whoze heart wasn't dead broke.
If yu should reduce the wants ov the people ov Nu York citty tew aktual necessitys and plain comforts, yu would hav tew dubble the perlice force tew keep them from committing suicide.
London to tell him that a small sum of money—"as much as this poore decayed citty could furnish us with"—was on its way to London for the relief of the most necessitous and distressed.
Lady Middleton for her own use or as executrix only of the will of her late husband, "to be distributed according to the custome of this Citty whereof he dyed a Freeman.
The perticulers of a charge of the aldermen and commons of the citty of London .
The citty is subject still to be ridden by every party and wilbe so rather than endanger trade and stock," wrote a royalist in March of this year.
For the citty of Henricus Thomas Dawse, John Polentine.
James Citty in a rebellious manner with a considerable number of armed men .
Two years later it seems evident that the "citty of Henricus" had retrogressed, perhaps, out of emphasis on Bermuda City just down river.
In the Assembly of 1619 Thomas Dowse and John Polentine represented the "citty of Henricus" and must have spoken for Arrahatock as well.
Containing the pleasure, paines and kinde entertainment of William Kemp betweene London and that Citty in his late Morrice.
And some tooke up their hounds, And some sware they wo’ld not marry her For citty nor for towne.
November, was the Battle of Braineford surprisingly fought, and to the greate consternation of the Citty had his Majesty (as twas believed he would) pursu’d his advantage.
Lampetra Lampries great and small found plentifully in Norwich riuer and euen in the Citty about May whereof some are very large and well cooked are counted a dayntie bitt collard up butt especially in pyes.
Coruus maior Rauens in good plentie about the citty which makes so few Kites to bee seen hereabout, they build in woods very early and lay egges in Februarie.
The forreine Enemy which came to the Citty And twice dancd on the Sea before it, waving Flaggs of defyance & of fury to it, Were nor before nor now this second time So cruell as thou.
I see to remove into the Countrey to save charges and be quiet; the whole Citty will come hither if I stay.
You must learne with here since the citty Could spare you none.
Why here are no wenches halfe so amorous as Citty tripennies[62]: those that are bewtifull the dew is not so cold.
Would I were in my native Citty ayre agen, within the wholesome smell of seacole: the vapor[s] rising from the lands new dunged are more infectious to me then the common sewer ith sicknes time.
Ile to the Citty againe, that's certaine; where for my angell I can imbrace pl[enty].
O mony, Nephew: Ide thought youde learnd ith Citty How to use mony: here we do imploy it To purchase land and other necessaries.
Twas for these sports and my excess of charge I left the towne: besides the Citty foggs And steame of Brick hills almost stifled me; This Aire is pure and all my owne.
Though the Citty lye At mercy of the Enemy, yet from Don Pedro Gusman's house not all mankind Shall take thee from me.
In witness whereof I have to these presents sett my hand and the great seale of the colony, given at James Citty the six and twentieth day of January one thousand six hundred twenty one [o.
Given at James Citty under my hand and sealed with the seale of the colony the twelfth day of March one thousand six hundred thirtie fower [o.
Of course in the grand old Citty that wont be not nothink, but ewen in Sent Pancras I hears as it wont be any think werry grate.
Evry citty has a thousand ov them, evry village a score, and evry naborhood its Aunt Dority, or its Unkle Darby, who whisper and buzz from Christmas to Christmas agin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "citty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
