cultured class

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The nobles, on the other hand, and all the cultured class, are fermenting with great views and plans of social reform.

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

They appeal of course to a cultured class, and they are catholic in their tastes--ready for anything provided it is topical and well done.

From Journalism for Women A Practical Guide by Bennett, Arnold

There arises a cultured class outside the Church.

From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie

America, unlike England, has no recognized cultured class, and has no aristocracy, so called, with which to keep mere rich men suitably miserable—at least a little humble and wistful.

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley

The women of what are now France and England clothed themselves at that time in the same manner as the cultured class of Rome.

From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily