vulgus

Example Sentences

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Horace introduces that series of his Odes which most breathes a national spirit by disclaiming all sympathy with the ‘profanum vulgus.’

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

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

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis

At the same time the attitude which he adopts towards the profanum vulgus is almost sacerdotal in its claims.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

“Tell it not in Gath” that this charming sanctuary lies hidden away in Derbyshire, come away privately with us and enjoy its beauties undisturbed—“Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.”

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock