vulgus

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Nam nec ille se in vulgus eduxit ne impii errore liberarcntur, ut et fides, non mediocri praemio destinata, difficultate constaret.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

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.

Odi profanum vulgus, I hate your swearing and hectoring fellows.—H. W.

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell

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

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

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

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis