vulgus

Example Sentences

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He gave her his arm, and they vanished from the eyes of the ignobile vulgus.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis

However much these may catch the attention and awaken the admiration of the ignobile vulgus, they cannot fail to excite any thing but complacency in minds accustomed to the more chaste productions of the pencil.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.

Plus aquilis vexilla crucis, plus Caesare Petrus, Plus cinctis ducibus vulgus inerme dedit.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

Now in the study that night, Tom was the upholder of the traditionary method of vulgus doing.

From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas

He knew, and they knew perfectly well that, whatever the vulgus profanum may think, my real work was the critical edition of Sâyana’s commentary on the Rig-veda.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)