cultured class
Example Sentences
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The women of what are now France and England clothed themselves at that time in the same manner as the cultured class of Rome.
From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily
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)
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
This relation of the common people in Switzerland to the cultured class is assumed as the foundation for just such a relation in Russia.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
And it is not the cultured class alone that enjoys this refined amusement.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
