swinish multitude
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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
They roasted an ox whole, devoured it, and then formed a procession, 10,000 strong, behind the French tricolour and a picture which represented Dundas stabbing Liberty and Burke treading down "the swinish multitude."
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
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 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
The titles are a take-off of Burke's phrase "the swinish multitude."
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
Of this number is the explanation of that celebrated phrase, "the swinish multitude": an explanation which was uniformly given by him to his friends, in conversation on the subject.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
