swinish multitude
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We are not the "swinish multitude" that Mr. Burke speaks of.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
The possession of early, and afterward undisputed talents, acquired for me deference and respect; and I was soon tempted to desire the applauses of the swinish multitude, and to feel a thirsting after public distinction.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms
Burke's unfortunate phrase in the "Reflections": "Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude."
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
Many of the carriages were occupied by the swinish multitude, and others by a multitude of swine.
From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various
These were destroyed by turning large herds of swine upon it, and it is now, in compliment to its last conquerors and possessors, the swinish multitude, called Hog Island.
From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
