cultured class

Example Sentences

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All, both men and women, evidently belonged to the educated, or rather to the cultured class.

From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by Griffith, George Chetwynd

Then the life of my own wealthy and cultured class became repellent to me, for it had lost all meaning whatever.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

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 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

And it is not the cultured class alone that enjoys this refined amusement.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis