Those who immediately forged and promoted that lie of his being stolen away were justly given up to strong delusions to believe it, and not suffered to be undeceived by his being shown to all the people; and so much the greater shall be the blessedness of those who have not seen, and yet have believed -- Nec ille se in vulgus edixit, ne impii errore, liberarentur; ut et fides non praemio mediocri destinato difficultate constaret -- He showed not himself to the people at large, lest the impious among them should have been forthwith loosed from their error, and that faith, the reward of which is so ample, might be exercised with a degree of difficulty. ❋ Unknown (1721)
Originally derived from "vulgus," the crowd, it meant that roughness of language and manner which is found among the less educated. ❋ Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange (1873)
[[Vulgate]] by [[Jerome]], which was completed in the fourth century AD and allowed the common people (Lat. '' vulgus '') to understand the Bible in their native language instead of Hebrew or Greek. ❋ GregorySKroeger (2009)
Syndicate this column The Latin word 'vulgus' means the public, or more accurately rabble. ❋ Unknown (2009)
These are hardly the digs at the "vulgus" that Kristol makes them out to be. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Steph.p. 932, that it was usual for the populace, "vulgus," to crowd into the great councils; where they were plainly mere spectators, and could only gratify their curiosity.] ❋ David Hume (1743)
The whole confidence trick was giving the mobile vulgus the illusion that things were getting better, and would continue to do so. ❋ Unknown (2011)
From the Third Millennium Park you walk up the slope toward the old San Victorino neighborhood where the mobile vulgus of the Revolution resided. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The mobile vulgus from San Victorino was eventually roused and things got underway. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Morning Stirfish and Qwertboi and all - yes liked the WNQR though it did take me a while to cotton on too - maybe an even more fitting latin phrase for our lot would be 'Ad captandum vulgus' the meaning supposedly - 'To appeal to the crowd - often used of politicians who make false or insincere promises appealing to popular interest'. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Thus mob, from Latin mobile vulgus, the "fickle crowd," going back to the 18th century. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Both Jews and Moslems wilfully ignored the proper use of the image or idol which was to serve as a Keblah or direction of prayer and an object upon which to concentrate thought and looked only to the abuse of the ignoble vulgus who believe in its intrinsic powers. ❋ Unknown (2006)
News are generally welcome to all our ears, avide audimus, aures enim hominum novitate laetantur ([3286] as Pliny observes), we long after rumour to hear and listen to it, [3287] densum humeris bibit aure vulgus. ❋ Unknown (2007)
So Siracides himself speaks as much as may be for and against women, so doth almost every philosopher plead pro and con, every poet thus argues the case (though what cares vulgus nominum what they say?): so can I conceive peradventure, and so canst thou: when all is said, yet since some be good, some bad, let's put it to the venture. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Democritum Juniorem conviciis infames, aut ignominiose vituperes, de te non male sentientem, tu idem audias ab amico cordato, quod olim vulgus Abderitanum ab [818] ❋ Unknown (2007)
Imperitus periti munus occupat, et sic apud vulgus habetur. ❋ Unknown (2007)
And for which [6415] Austin cites Varro to maintain his Roman religion, we may better apply to them: multa vera, quae vulgus scire non est utile; pleraque falsa, quae tamen uliter existimare populum expedit; some things are true, some false, which for their own ends they will not have the gullish commonalty take notice of. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Aiebat tamen praeceptor se numquam legisse ipsum sensisse creaturam esse creatorem, laudans ingenium et studium ipsius; sed optavit, quod libri sui amoverentur de locis publicis, quia vulgus non est aptus ad ea, quae praeter consuetudinem aliorum doctorum ipse saepe intermiscet, licet per intelligentes multa subtilia et utilia in ipsis reperiantur. ❋ Mojsisch, Burkhard (2006)
Quorum petulanti� occurrere, & criminationes falsas, detectis simul scriptorum de hac Insula erroribus, apud bonos & cordatos viros, (Nam vulgus sui semper simile, falsi & vani tenacissimum, non est qu騞 sperem me ab hac inueterata opinione abducere posse) diluere hoc commentariolo decreui. ❋ Unknown (2003)
A promiscuous mob of the plebs and profanum vulgus of Gylingden beset the door, to see the ladies — the slim and the young in white muslins and artificial flowers, and their stout guardian angels, of maturer years, in satins and velvets, and jewels — some real, and some, just as good, of paste. ❋ Unknown (2003)
