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From such an ignoble spectacle as that of poor Mrs. Lincoln,—a spectacle to vulgarise a whole nation,—aristocracies undoubtedly preserve us.

From Culture and Anarchy by Arnold, Matthew

Such a supposition would merely be to vulgarise and to stultify the divine and elusive mystery.

From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Ellis, Havelock

Children do that sort of thing successfully, but children are content to convince themselves, and do not vulgarise their beliefs by trying to convince other people. 

From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki

He loved his familiar surroundings, for nothing can vulgarise Oxford.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

To think thus of it and of Him is not to vulgarise the Christian conception of Heaven, but to give it a definiteness and force which it sorely lacks in popular thinking.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander