swinish multitude
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But we no longer hear workmen at election times referred to as the "swinish multitude" who can now send representatives of their own order into the House of Commons.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
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 Edmund Burke
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
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
Good heavens! had we come out from among the swinish multitude for this?
From The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
