vulgus

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Gerlach has even gone so far as to take liberties with the words cited By Quintilian, and to correct them, please the gods, into quae in Vulgus amat fieri.

From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby

Vulgus quoque et pleba dissolutior: major para corruptissima est, &c.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Vulgus indoctum est monstrum horrendum informe, cui lumen ademptum.

From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Holberg, Ludvig, baron

Vulgus quoque militum, clamore et gaudio deflectere via, spatia certaminum recognoscere, aggerem armorum, strues corporum intueri, mirari.

From Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by Ross, John Wilson

I have not said a Word to please or engage them, and the greatest Compliment I have made them, has been, Apage Vulgus.

From A Letter to Dion by Viner, Jacob