swinish multitude
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He holds his dominion over the forest, and its horned multitude of citizen-deer, and its swinish multitude or peasantry of wild boars, by right of conquest and force of arms.
From Maid Marian by Peacock, Thomas Love
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)
We are not the "swinish multitude" that Mr. Burke speaks of.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
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 Simms, William Gilmore
Good heavens! had we come out from among the swinish multitude for this?
From The Blithedale Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
