cultured class

Example Sentences

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He comes back to his former word 'ignorance,' bitter pill as it was for the Athenian cultured class to swallow.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander

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

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

A clear, soft voice, with the effect of distinctness without preciseness, which betrays the cultured class, was heard by those within, asking, "Is Captain Hamlin in the house?"

From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward

The fairy-lore originated in a cultured class in very ancient times.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans