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Meanings of civilised people in English

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Usage of civilised people in English
1
We must try to reach the nearest islands inhabited by civilised people.
Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
2
All civilised people are just alike when they get into a drawing-room.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
3
The three stopped, and greeted each other after the manner of civilised people.
What Necessity Knows
4
The things civilised people aren't supposed to want, but do anyway.
The unnatural inquirer
5
I'm sure it's nothing but affectation when you speak scornfully of civilised people.'
The Whirlpool
6
But the book is supposed to deal with civilised people.
The Crown of Life
7
It is savage, it is unworthy of a civilised people-itmust not go on.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
8
Here, again, they are in advance of many civilised people.
A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
9
An inappropriate system forced on an already highly civilised people was bound to fail.
The Case for India
10
The Japanese, although idolaters, and very unlike Europeans, are evidently a very civilised people.
In the Eastern Seas
11
She may masquerade as she likes out-of-doors, but this house is for civilised people.
Mr. Standfast
12
They are not a civilised people, and in no sense are they a desirable people.
Radio NZ
13
There's no need for civilised people to undergo it.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
14
All civilised people would condemn the burning of churches.
The Irish Times
15
You are civilised people-andI suppose you love in a civilised way according to reason.
Viviette
16
Both were strikes against all decent and civilised people.
The Guardian
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Civilised people through the time
Civilised people across language varieties
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