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 Rose, John Holland
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 Holyoake, George Jacob
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
The titles are a take-off of Burke's phrase "the swinish multitude."
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
