vulgus
Example Sentences
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Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo, is the only law; while we are a chemical solution, our architecture is only a mechanical one.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
And as for those cattle whereof I spake before, Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo, of which I account them, be they never so great, and so I leave them.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Cyril Brett
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 James Russell Lowell
His poise and verbal brilliance and hieratic commitment to the venerable tradition of classical and Christian ethical thought set the Satirist coolly apart from the profanum vulgus.
From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by J. V. (Joseph V.) Guerinot
The successful results naturally attending this treatment were attributed by the ignobile vulgus to the wonderful ointment.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence
