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Or Quezacotl the Feathered Serpent (hey, more seraphim?) who is identified as a civilising force of light and good against the forces of darkness and chaos.

You Go, Greydanus, or, O'Brien and the Dragon 2010

Obviously, to John Vorster it would have been preferable that this great honour should have gone to one of the apartheid architects presumably for their so-called civilising efforts of the backward natives.

Address at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli's passing away 2007

He much enjoyed listening to the accounts given by travellers of the scenes, animals and plants and native life they had seen, and deplored the so-called civilising of the natives, which, in his opinion, generally meant their exploitation by Europeans, leading to their deterioration and extermination.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

"Admitting all that," said Shelton, "what I hate is the humbug with which we pride ourselves on benefiting the whole world by our so-called civilising methods."

The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy 1900

"Admitting all that," said Shelton, "what I hate is the humbug with which we pride ourselves on benefiting the whole world by our so-called civilising methods."

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

The period since the year 1870 has for the most part witnessed the operation of the last and the least romantic of these so-called civilising efforts.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

Pinker's account suggests that what the great cultural historian Norbert Elias called the "civilising process" was a long, arduous struggle whose long-term outcome was never assured.

The Guardian World News John Naughton 2011

Running in parallel came what social anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer called the civilising of the British character.

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Running in parallel came what social anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer called the civilising of the British character.

unknown title 2009

Running in parallel came what social anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer called the civilising of the British character.

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