"Populace" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the popularity of the young captain, had waylaid and murdered him. At the same time the mangled body of a young man was found washed into the river by the tide; it was mutilated and disfigured beyond recognition; the populace claimed it to be the body of their favorite, and loud and still rang the indignant cry for vengeance. The city was in commotion. The authorities were induced to believe the report, and large rewards were offered for the apprehension of the murderers. 'Tis but a spark that may set the wood on ...
— Alvira: the Heroine of Vesuvius • A. J. O'Reilly
... believed that the Bible's influence was what infidelity says it is, made the funeral pyre for Polycarp, the populace bringing fuel for the fire, and while the flames made a glory of their lambent glare, he cried out: "Six and eighty years have I served him and he has done me nothing but good, and how could I curse him, my Lord and Savior. If you would know what I am, ...
— The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 (of 10) • Various
... trader of Fort de Seviere, came down the main way between the cabins, passing alone between the rows of the populace, and went forward to the lading ...
— The Maid of the Whispering Hills • Vingie E. Roe
... populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ...
— Pearls of Thought • Maturin M. Ballou
... returned from a drive through the streets, and, though far from being an alarmist, I begin to think that affairs wear a more serious aspect than I dreaded. Already has a collision taken place between the populace and the soldiers, who attempted to disperse them near the Palais-Royal; and it required the assistance of a charge of cavalry to secure the dangerous victory ...
— The Idler in France • Marguerite Gardiner
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