cultured class
Example Sentences
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The talk is the talk of a cultured class who live wholesome lives and have no cares.
From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond
A clear, soft voice, with the effect of distinctness without preciseness, which betrays the cultured class, was heard by those within, asking, "Is Captain Hamlin in the house?"
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
America, unlike England, has no recognized cultured class, and has no aristocracy, so called, with which to keep mere rich men suitably miserable—at least a little humble and wistful.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
Shall they give place to dogmatic Christianity or, among the most cultured class, to agnosticism?
From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly
Very few books that the cultured class has produced of late have been such good literature as the expression "painting the town red."
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
