"In vogue" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the example of the early Christians was cited as of sufficient authority by some of these teachers. Certain it is that a sect still lingered on into the thirteenth century, called the Apostolici, who clung to the system which had been in vogue among the Apostles. St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica, 2a, 2ae, 66, 2) mentions them, and quotes St. Augustine as one who had already refuted them. But these were seemingly a Christian body, whereas the Albigensians could ...
— Mediaeval Socialism • Bede Jarrett
... kens and quiddling coves," Mr. Brown answered, adopting the flash language, most in vogue among ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes
... asked them, in the phraseology in vogue there and elsewhere. "Are you all going to a funeral? I hope it's your sins that you ...
— The Channings • Mrs. Henry Wood
... everywhere run up, and let even before they were out of the builder's hands. It was deemed fashionable to drive about in a carriage with four horses, with perhaps a black man to drive, and an Arab sitting on the box by his side. Dresses by milliners in vogue gave a ready currency to their wearers. The Raphael of his trade gave himself all the airs of a distinguished artist; he received his clients with vulgar condescension, and they—no matter what their rank—submitted to his insolence in the hope that he would enable ...
— Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris • Henry Labouchere
... can do more than they are doing now to win these lapsed Lutherans. Some people are kept out of church through no fault of their own. For example, the rented pew system, still in vogue in some congregations, is an effective means of barring out visitors. Few care to force themselves into the precincts of a private club even if it bears the name of ...
— The Lutherans of New York - Their Story and Their Problems • George Wenner
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