Her money-every wife should have a little-had helped him much, indeed had made most of the successes that had rewarded his labours possible, and she had given him a child a year, which was, he was aware, the maximum output and rendered him civically satisfactory.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
At the august appearance of the Mayor my less civically distinguished friends departed.
"The Red Planet"
William J. Locke
Speak of bad laws and good, wise administration or unwise, just government or unjust, extravagant or economical, civically elevating or demoralising; all these are questions which men may apply themselves to settle with knowledge, and with a more or less definite degree of assurance.
"Rousseau Volumes I. and II."
John Morley