| 单词 | plebeian |
| 例句 | And no one need fear that the numbers are being cooked either, since they appear in the prestigious Wall Street Journal, as well as in more plebeian papers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaranta was so scandalized with the plebeian invasion that she went back to eating in the kitchen as in olden days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He liked the community’s stasis, its plebeian virtues and unassuming mien. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what we can afford; but also there’s an unspoken rule that the food has to be unwaveringly plebeian. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a skilled showman, a savvy political operator and a proudly plebeian counterpoint to the East Coast elite that he believed dominated the news business. Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV juggernaut Fox News, is dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “Me thinks there is much reason in his sayings,” says one of the plebeians of Antony's speech. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But don’t worry, plebeians: the festivities will be live streamed! | Nicolas Ghesquière’s Designs in Monte Carlo, Charles James’s Return and the Brooklynization of Dior 2014-05-09T21:00:59Z Mere mortals can always trod to the ocean, but for those plebeians among us who like to dabble in more refined tastes, there’s the pool at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. A beach house residency, literary happenings and the bookmobiles and book clubs of yore 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z They exploit the people’s dissatisfaction and poverty — in an early scene we hear plebeians complaining bitterly of their lack of food and railing against the elites, specifically Coriolanus — for their own ends. Review: In ‘Coriolanus,’ a Politician for a Campaign Season 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Then, having been persuaded to run for civilian office as a consul and effectively forced into exile by the plebeian mob, in bitterness he puts himself at the service of that same Volscian enemy. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z For the plebeians among us, there is the sterling silver and zircon Tiara Collection, starting at under $200. J. Estina, a Luxury Jewelry Line From Korea, Opens in the Plaza - Scouting Report 2011-12-21T23:03:30Z Icy and earthy, Helen Mirren is a rare regal presence in a movie age that values the plebeian over the patrician, and mass over class. Helen Mirren in Woman in Gold: The Queen Stands Alone 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Now everyone wears shades of gray; you can’t tell the plebeians from the patricians. Critic?s Notebook: Where Opera Is Stretched Yet Unbroken 2011-07-05T21:30:26Z But from Nov. 17, people will be able to visit the arched walkways where senators and plebeians once gathered. Rome shows off restored Circus Maximus 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z And there they are, six potatoes on a plate—nature’s most plebeian foodstuff looking as pleased with itself as any duke. The Majesty of Early Photography 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z It also offers views of other nearby historical sites such as the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, where emperors - the other end of the social scale from the plebeians - used to live. No gladiators vs lions, but cheap seats now open in Rome's Colosseum 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Not plebeian beer, I bet; just the good stuff. I too am savagely impartial and should be a Supreme Court Justice 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z It also offers views of other nearby historical sites such as the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, where emperors - the other end of the social scale from the plebeians - used to live. No gladiators vs lions, but cheap seats now open in Rome's Colosseum 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Wearing the jacket seemingly transforms you from a plebeian to a shapeless, off-duty celebrity ready for a paparazzi shot. Feeling Rich in the Yeezy Gap Jacket 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z I am far too busy hunting to bother with anything so plebeian as work. Digested classic: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon 2010-05-07T09:12:00Z And he's a politically tone-deaf pillar of sneering arrogance with the starving, rioting plebeian masses, and the treacherous Roman patricians aiming to exploit and destroy him. 'Coriolanus': A Roman warrior, warts and all 2012-01-13T20:54:00Z At once grand and plebeian, she stares off into space — perhaps lost in thought, but also simply ignoring portraiture’s customary connection to the viewer. Review: ‘Grand Illusions’ Showcases Deceptive Photography 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In reporting on the slavish devotion of Caesar’s plebeian backers, Casca observes that “if Caesar had stabbed their mothers,” they would continue to pledge their undying love. Shakespeare and the politics of our age: Trump, 'Julius Caesar' and now 'Richard II' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z “WHAT is the city but its people?” a lowly plebeian asks in “CORIOLANUS,” suddenly feeling the power of being part of the multitudes. The Week Ahead: July 29 — Aug. 4 2012-07-30T13:57:52Z He just emits a kind of very posh burbling noise from somewhere deep inside, occasionally punctuated with words recognisable to the plebeian ear. TV review: Highgrove: Alan Meets Prince Charles 2010-09-24T05:45:00Z T-shirts — so simply cut but so exquisitely embroidered — were another example of the plebeian made poetic. Special Report: Fashion: Reflecting on the Future 2011-01-25T18:18:38Z Celebrities surprising unsuspecting plebeians is practically a cottage industry at this point. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition’ and ‘Evil Genius’ 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Jay assumes the voice of a posh British man addressing the plebeian masses, "Shoot them if they touch it." Sam Jay brings her raw "SNL" comedy to Netflix for "3 in the Morning" 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z On my next journey, I encountered a rose garden so marvelous I was embarrassed to enter in such plebeian attire. In the heart of Madrid, a park for all seasons 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Naval Academy are called plebes — short for plebeians — to reflect their lower status. Semper Fib: All-bogus military trivia from Style Invitational Week 1132 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z They both indignantly refuse to consider such a plebeian union. Glyndebourne 2012 - La Cenerentola synopsis 2012-06-18T13:49:33Z The tribunes, the plebeians’ representatives, fear that if Coriolanus is made consul he will diminish their power. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z These attempts are written with so much contempt for the plebeian world that they end up clanging false. Review: Mr. Robot Returns Self-Assured for Season 2 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s commendable that an actor whose itinerary includes the next “Suicide Squad” film and George Miller’s super-buzzy “Three Thousand Years of Longing” puts his weight behind more plebeian projects like “Turn Up Charlie.” Review: In ‘Turn Up Charlie,’ the Manny Isn’t Just a Man, He’s Idris Elba 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z It seemed an odd fit: the high-end princesses aligning themselves with a more plebeian sort, one of the footwear garmentos known in the industry as “shoe dogs.” Taking a Hard Spill in Designer Shoes 2012-08-01T20:19:05Z Democratic pressures continually tested the ancient Republic, as the equilibrium between patricians and plebeians shifted. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z His aristocratic bearing sits at times uneasily with the idea of a plebeian leader, ranged against a patrician opposition, and he tends, in moments of authority, to fracture the vocal line. Simon Boccanegra – review 2013-06-28T15:49:14Z But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look. How much does going to a Seahawks game really cost? Here's how to save 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z They were allied with other rich and powerful people, owners of large tracts of land, in trying to hold in check the plebeians, Roman citizens not from patrician backgrounds. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Both plebeians and patricians could attend this assembly, which was organized into blocs. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Yet even those of us with plebeian intellects can enjoy ingenious murders and cozy mayhem — especially on these long nights of winter. Review | 14 mystery books to savor during the long nights of winter 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The point, mostly, is that people have trouble letting go — and we plebeians watching them are split between hurrying them out the door and grabbing their sleeves so they won’t leave. Opinion | Tom Brady isn’t the only one who won’t let go 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Although the senate still functioned, civil servants drawn from plebeians and even former slaves actually administered the empire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even after the plebeians gained legal concessions, the rich always held the upper hand because wealthy plebeians would regularly join with patricians to out-vote poorer plebeians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman society was divided into two classes or orders, patricians and plebeians. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Much of the political history of the republican period revolved around an often violent struggle between two social classes: the patricians, mostly rich upper-class, landowning aristocrats; and the plebeians, the common folk. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z What Brady loves most, far more than a Tag Heuer, is the plebeian surroundings of a locker room, the simple no-frills atmosphere with a brotherhood in egalitarian sweats. Perspective | Tom Brady is telling his own story and doing it at his own pace 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z The other important group was the plebeians, the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The plebeians had been concerned that legal decisions would always favor the patricians, who had a monopoly on legal proceedings, so they insisted that the laws be written down and made publicly available. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When Rome was under threat, the plebeians could gain leverage with the patricians by refusing to fight until their demands were met. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The patricians dominated that body, but, over time, an increasing number of plebeians were elected to the Senate and to a number of lesser assemblies. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But, for those of you not afraid to take a more plebeian approach to celebration, may I suggest an alternative effervescent explosion: the sake bomb. No Champagne? No problem. Uncork a real celebration with an explosive sake bomb. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The plebeians were citizens of Rome with the right to vote. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the average plebeian had long ago lost his or her representation. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In 450 BCE, the plebeians went on strike for the first time. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Unfortunately he did not get into the weird naked rituals or anything else of interest to us plebeians. Happy Halloween! Theranos showed up in a Pfizer costume 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z It has roots in both scholarly tea parties and plebeian street-side “tiger stoves” that sold hot water for brewing tea at home and then started setting up stools so customers could linger. In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z In time, Rome’s leaders allowed the plebeians to form their own assembly and elect representatives called tribunes. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Plebeian Assembly was controlled by wealthy plebeians who were the clients of nobles. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z They feared that patrician judges were interpreting Rome’s unwritten laws to take advantage of ignorant plebeians, so they demanded the laws be written down. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But the policy is not being implemented at the equally delicious but more plebeian Shake Shack chain, a separate company that he founded and whose board he chairs. Opinion | No, woke corporations are not going to save us from covid-19 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Frances O’Neill, 64, who teaches English as foreign language, enjoyed a “low-key plebeian picnic,” with sandwiches brought from Pret a Manger, a popular chain. Queen Elizabeth II opens her front lawn to picnics for the first time 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Tribunes protected the rights of the plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By modern standards, the book is plebeian; it was conceived by General Mills to sell more flour, which is the same reason the imaginary “Betty Crocker” persona was invented. Opinion | Why Betty Crocker’s 1950s cookbook resonates with me now 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z If they saw any public body or official taking action that would bring harm to plebeians, they could say “Veto” or “I forbid” and stop that action. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Then again, Adams thought that democracy was doomed because of the power of the plebeian mob. Trump's hydroxychloroquine habit is the triumph of rightwing quackery | Richard Wolffe 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z With its intransigent hero, its struggles between Rome’s patricians and plebeians and its austere language, it is more often thought to be a somewhat forbidding work. Hail, Coriolanus! The greatness of Shakespeare's shape-shifting epic 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z An important victory for the plebeians was to force the creation of a written law code. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Running for president is not for plebeians; they will be forced into wine caves at best, or chant for revolution at worst. Opinion | Mike Bloomberg humbles himself before the people 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In the fourth and third centuries BCE, plebeians won more concessions by again seceding from the patrician state. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There were the paeans from plebeian basketball fans and politicians alike, almost as if public genuflection to a sports idol were American dogma. Opinion | The worst way to handle the Kobe Bryant rape case 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The second-class plebeians worked the farms, baked the bread and built the walls. Ancient Teeth Reveal Social Stratification Dates Back to Bronze Age Societies 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z For example, an assembly organized by the plebeians, the Tribal Assembly, elected the tribunes and made laws for the common people—and later for the republic itself. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a month, he and Trudy — a registered nurse — volunteer their time at a free medical clinic in Arlington, Va., treating the uninsured for problems as plebeian as hemorrhoids. A terrible crime, a patient waiting for a transplant: The tragic, redemptive journey of one heart. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Rather, it gave well-off plebeians access to positions of power. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Behind the film lie the Panama Papers—the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax. Villains Hog the Spotlight in “The Laundromat” 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z It all leaves us plebeians unable to determine what is nothing blown up into something and what deserved to be something in the first place. Opinion | Jar Jar Binks takes over the Internet 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z You’re presented with bowls of beef, fish and shrimp in paste form but not expected to do something as plebeian as form your own meatballs. Hot pot is hot in Bellevue right now, but good luck trying to get a table at Liuyishou and The Dolar Shop 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Beneath these broad indicators, France is cleaved by profound forms of inequality: between urban and rural communities; full-time employees and temporary workers; graduates of prestigious universities and the plebeian masses. Inequality Fuels Rage of ‘Yellow Vests’ in Equality-Obsessed France 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Only plebeians could attend the Plebian Assembly, organized into thirty-five regional tribes with a single vote each. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The earliest known document concerning him lists him as a “plebeian” scholar registering to study at the University of Oxford in 1577. Moon mapper, Sun spotter: the astonishing Thomas Harriot 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Or basic economy, where they share the masks — and the firefighting duties — with us plebeians back in coach. Charging extra to get there? The Boeing story is yet another sign we’re a corporatocracy 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Forte, who’s 41, didn’t grow up speaking Kolokwa — his father, a Methodist minister, saw the language as plebeian — and for most of his adult life he’s lived outside of Liberia. - The Washington Post 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z But it does not follow from this that action at the economic level can’t stem the tide of plebeian racism. Liberals, learn the politics of emotion to beat rightwing populists | Paul Mason 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The Tribal Assembly was likewise divided into thirty-five tribes based on place of residence, with each tribe casting one vote, but both plebeians and patricians could attend. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Call my tastes plebeian if you must, but I can only relay what I’ve experienced: the Hugo 2’s technical superiority doesn’t translate to better music. The Chord Hugo 2 is the worst kind of audiophile equipment 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Far from exhibiting naivety, the German business class became increasingly complicit in hollowing out parliamentary democracy, always under the pressure of a radical, plebeian, racist voting base. The prospect of a Roy Moore victory should make your stomach churn with fear | Paul Mason 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z “What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues?” she snarls at the plebeians as she takes the stage for the first time. Rebel Kat Productions’ ‘Coriolanus’ resonates in today’s political climate 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z All over the world, liberal, progressive people are confronted by plebeian movements that want to roll back the social changes of the past 50 years. The far right has declared cultural war – we have to stop them now | Paul Mason 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z From the beginning of the republic through the third century BCE, the plebeians, or common people, worked to achieve equality before the law in Roman society. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Shure is usually one of those super serious and sober audio companies that focuses on high-end precision and doesn’t care for the bass excesses that please plebeian tastes like mine. Shure’s SE535 earphones are a little bit perfect 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Cincinnatus raised an army and marched it to Mount Algidus, defeating the plebeians in a day. Keith Olbermann Was Once Cable News’s Liberal Standard-Bearer. Now He’s Missing Its Boom Times. 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z You sow falsehoods, of fraud and health and all between, in defiance of reality, only to alienate plebeian and patrician alike, losing any popular favor that remains. Sincerely, Niccolo Machiavelli: An open letter to Donald Trump, from the guy who wrote the book on power moves 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The boy who said that the emperor had no clothes was not an élitist insulting the plebeian parade spectators. Trying (and Failing) Not to Fear So Much About Trump 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z This power to veto gave plebeians a way to protect themselves and put a check on the power of patrician officials. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Or maybe any metaphor—pest, President, plebeian, optimism incarnate—is more than one little insect should bear. The Metaphorical Meaning of a Moth Named After Trump 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Then, one day, he was interrupted by visiting Roman senators, who told him he’d been named dictator — and that a Roman army was being besieged by plebeians on nearby Mount Algidus. Keith Olbermann Was Once Cable News’s Liberal Standard-Bearer. Now He’s Missing Its Boom Times. 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z But all men -- but presidential and plebeian -- are ultimately beholden to the lifestyles of the might whorl snail. Donald Trump won't get his wall, at least at his overseas golf course - Golf Digest 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Patricians and plebeians were not “classes” in the modern sense of the term. Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z How did the plebeians win concessions from the ruling patricians during the Struggle of the Orders? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Even experts resort to the plebeian measures any hiker might employ to recognize one; the plain fact is, crickets are often easier to identify with your ears than your eyes. A Chirp From Under the Logs: The Fall Field Cricket 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Reporters, let alone more plebeian Trump supporters, were not permitted to partake. My year with Trump: covering a curiosity that became a dark phenomenon 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Mr. VandeHei, one of the founders of Politico, is keeping himself occupied with a more plebeian venture: a Snapchat channel. New Snapchat Channel to Look at Final Leg of Presidential Campaign 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Emperor Augustus was born a plebeian; it was only when he was adopted by Julius Caesar in his will that he became a patrician. Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Both patrician and plebeian, his reading list is said to consist mainly of articles about himself. Hidden faultline: how Trump v Clinton is laying bare America's class divide 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Patricians in the core, plebeians on the fringes - it's happening to major cities globally. In Cranes’ Shadow, Los Angeles Strains to See a Future With Less Sprawl 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “Gone,” one of the admirals snapped in the impatient tone used for all plebeians of the Empire. Interdimensional trade benefits : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Why limit yourself to such plebeian gyrations as running, bicycling and weightlifting when you have several billion dollars to burn? Revenge of the nerds 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But the struggle between patricians and plebeians took place more than 250 years before the republic’s collapse. Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Some members of the gilded classes are up in arms about the prospect of plebeians flooding into their private compounds. Gate-Crash! China's New Housing Rules Irk the Gilded Classes 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The Swedish Academy must diversify and award their prestigious prizes to the unqualified plebeians. Letters to Calendar: 'Hamilton' leads the way 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Just as Demirtaş is the current darling of the western ambassadors, so Erdoğan was a decade ago; the ambassadors took it upon themselves to smooth his plebeian edges and refine his worldview. The battle for Turkey: can Selahattin Demirtas pull the country back from the brink of civil war? | Christopher de Bellaigue 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z He has removed the billionaire as middleman between citizen plebeians and political elites, and created a true .00001% candidate, because he’s… well, a financial elite unto himself, however conveniently posed as the country’s straight-talking “everyman.” The Donald is a fraud: The unseemly truth about his “American success story” 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z And as in Rome, he wrote, in modern-day America “there is definitely a patrician class and a plebeian class” that are “at loggerheads.” Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Over time, the theory goes, some of those technologies filter down to the more plebeian models in the range. This is the new BMW 7 Series, a rolling temple to high-tech 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The point here is that the Princeton eating clubs aren’t waiting for the plebeian Congress to act. Exclusive Princeton Eating Clubs Dined On Millions In Taxpayer Subsidies 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z “It’s a girl” was shouted from the rafters of the BT Tower to the more plebeian heights of London’s hackney cabs. The 2015 UK Election Has Too Many Kingmakers, Not Enough Kings 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z And Google Video would let plebeians upload content, too, provided they download Google’s proprietary file-transfer software, submit a form’s worth of content about the video, and wait for moderators to approve it. YouTube at 10: How an online video site ate the pop culture machine 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z In the Daily Beast, Michael Tomasky also found an analogue for America’s turbulence under Trump in Rome’s past: “The patricians and the plebeians had clashed for decades,” he wrote. Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Aides to Steyer even began planning a campaign under the name “Team Cincinnatus,” an unfortunate designation when you consider that Cincinnatus was a Roman dictator notorious for his contempt for the plebeians. Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer announces he won’t seek California Senate seat 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z I am surprised you would apply your metrics to something as plebeian as pro football. N.F.L. Dynasties, on the Decline 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z A traditional IBM-type sales organization is too slow and expensive to be competitive in this plebeian new world. Death Of The (IBM) Salesman 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The theoretical champion of radical populism, its mobilisation of plebeian masses and its confrontation with the established order was Ernesto Laclau, an Argentine political philosopher who lived in Cricklewood, a placid north London suburb. The gods that failed 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z After the Conflict of the Orders, many plebeians became wealthy and powerful, while certain patrician families saw their fortunes decline and disappeared from history. Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z But as a token of our former appreciation, we’ll let you use your plebeian miles to avoid checked bag fees and sore knees. United's Frequent Flyer Program Changes Have One Interesting Aspect 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z His childhood, Mr. Trudeau said, was a mix of privilege and the plebeian. The Saturday Profile: Justin Trudeau in His Father’s Footsteps, Only More Uphill 2013-04-20T01:18:30Z But calling someone a “pleb,” a plebeian, a commoner, would be deeply insulting. #Plebgate: Why Britain's Latest Scandal Is All about Class 2012-12-24T19:05:24Z The hardline Stalinist CP, for years the bulwark against the rise of fascism in plebeian neighbourhoods, is now openly taunted in parliament by far-right MPs about its terminal decline. Greece has not faced up to the ghosts of its past 2012-10-11T17:35:09Z Pompey the Great, for all his riches and power, was a plebeian from an area colonized in the 3rd century B.C. Five myths about the decline and fall of Rome 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z In the very earliest days of Rome, plebeians were any tribe without advisers to the King. Who says 'pleb' nowadays? 2012-09-21T12:58:59Z But paradoxically it is also the most plebeian. From the archive, 20 June 1956: Windy day for toppers and chill one for ladies of fashion at Royal Ascot 2012-06-20T06:30:00Z What would signify the plebeian soul of her father? The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "I fear, sir, it is your instinctive dislike to the plebeian that moves you here," said Miss Dinah. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z The latter were by far the more moderate, and the Ghibellines, both nobles and plebeians, joined them. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But it's wrong to think of the plebeians as being the lowest of the low. Who says 'pleb' nowadays? 2012-09-21T12:58:59Z Woe to the plebeian who was convicted of this crime! Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The other and more ambitious girls guyed her right unmercifully for her plebeian tastes. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z His cultivated and refined tastes tending always to draw him to court, rather than plebeian society, were, no doubt, inducements for him to remain loyal. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z "At its altar none but plebeian matrons of unimpeachable chastity, and who had been married to only one husband, were allowed to sacrifice." Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I except, of course, royal personages, who, as previously noted in these pages, “progressed,” and did nothing so plebeian as to “travel.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z How such a queen could ever—but there, how tiresome, for that is what gets said of most matches, royal or plebeian. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z This plebeian blood must not again be infused into the Ettersberg race. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z The celebrated Countess of Jersey was on board the steamer, and some forty or fifty plebeian stomachs shared with her fashionable ladyship and ourselves the horrors of a passage across the channel. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z A plebeian Ti-ping is allowed but one wife, and to her he must be regularly married by one of the ministers. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z But to the straw-plaiting matrons she was simply ridiculous, or else mad; for how otherwise should a foreigner be toiling along their plebeian highway on foot, when she could so easily have a carriage? Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z It is the edict threatening duelists With gallows, be they nobles or plebeians. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z "How did such plebeians ever get in here?" he said, frowning slightly. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Mr. and Mrs. Edwards opposed the marriage to the poor and plebeian lawyer; they urged the folly of exchanging a cultured home for the surroundings to which Lincoln would take her. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z These specious arguments made an impression on the minds of the chiefs, and many plebeians, particularly those of Bigan, which is the capital of the province, and residence of the Bishop. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z Bright-colored gloves bring the hands into too much conspicuousness for good effect, and, to my mind, give the whole man a plebeian air. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Writers, savants, poets, artists, noble and plebeian, layman and cleric, without any previous concert, or obvious connexion, were working towards that ideal of political liberty which was to unite all the Magyars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The plebeian daisy now becomes a marvel of a flower indeed—five hundred wonderful little mechanisms packed together in a single golden disk. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z On the other hand, many of our peers descend from tradesmen, and other persons of plebeian condition. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Because Kayla is important, she had a seat, whereas I was a plebeian at this event and had a "priority standing" ticket. Runway Rookie: A Dude's Take on Fashion Week 2012-02-17T13:55:00Z So popular were the decemvirs that another board of ten was appointed for the following year, some of whom, if the extant list of names is correct, were certainly plebeians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The poor curé's worst misgivings were realized: the rising generation of plebeians had played the mischief with the haughty old noble. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Yes, the would-be aristocrat was mortally afraid of the plebeian--a privilege which he accorded to few men on earth. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The ignobiles were not permitted to use any image, and therefore stood upon an equality with modern plebeians, who bear no arms but the two assigned them by the heraldry of nature. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Noble and severe in bearing, his dark brow seamed by battle scars, he was just the man to master a turbulent plebeian woman of strong passions. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Mommsen, however, held that plebeians were legally eligible, though none were actually appointed for 451. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z He fell in with one of those motley assemblages of patricians and plebeians, piety and profligacy, "a company of pilgrims"; a subject too well painted by others for me to go and daub. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Worse was to follow when, as a sole escape from the bitter spite of her plebeian hostess, she consented to marry a barbarian who was looking for a woman-of-all-work to manage his primitive shack. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z They appear to know no difference of rank, but, in their obtruded remarks, forget their plebeian origin. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The plebeians, on the contrary, are depicted without appreciation of their sufferings or rights, as ignorant, imbecile, and the dupes of tricky demagogues. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In the Elamite of plebeian parentage, Amraphel had found a none too complacent master. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z But towards the end of the middle ages many sumptuary laws were enacted in cities by plebeian jealousy of the rich. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z In the lists of those who successively fill the great curule magistracies, we find almost exclusively the names of members of the old patrician or of the more recent plebeian nobility. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Educated by the courtly William de Croy, Lord of Chi�vres, with Adrian of Utrecht as preceptor, Charles developed manners and characteristics, half patrician, half plebeian, which was probably due to his tutors' opposite influences. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z But, at the indignity of plebeian coercion, my rage was so nearly convulsive, that, in terror, she consented to let me remain, upon condition of quietness. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Beside her lay a piece of unfinished embroidery, badly done; for her plebeian fingers had never taken kindly to this work of the gentle-born. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z A practical one in Rome at the departure of the plebeians for the holy mountains, 492 before Christ. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Presently he went on: 'I am only a plebeian, Irene—an orphan. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z For our young friend, with his delicate features, gentle temper, and superior intelligence, became popular wherever he went; no one stopped to ask whether he were rich or poor, noble or plebeian. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z And, indeed, there is something curiously provincial and plebeian about Jones's mind which suggests a man who has risen from the cab-ranks. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z In this most interesting correspondence, Napoleon, the plebeian general, speaks with the dignity and the authority of a sovereign; with a natural, unaffected tone of command, as if accustomed from infancy to homage and empire. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The patrician townsfolk took possession of the boxes and stalls, while the plebeians repaired to the gallery. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Well! in the name of heaven what is a plebeian? Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z A plebeian himself, he took to his plebeian bed the daughter of the Cæsars. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z When we were left alone, Gabriel, who had removed his cloak and his plebeian hat, began to play with his cane. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Here, too, there was a jumbled mixture of plebeian and aristocrat and all the grades between. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The literary drama—as distinguished from performances by tumblers, mimes, and masquers, from sacred plays and from plebeian farces—began with the representation of Latin tragedies and comedies. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This thought would press upon the mind of the fair lady, who, despite her willingness to form a plebeian alliance, still valued, as we have seen, the high rank of her family. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z He took base-born men and pitted them against nobles of every degree, and the plebeians proved themselves the better men. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z “It is unfortunate,” he continued, “that father’s practice happens to be—er—in Shepherd’s Bush, and that, therefore, you should have to become acquainted with London from such a—er—plebeian locality.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Crowded into the same space were two young girls, very pretty till they spoke, and then so plebeian that their own beauty seemed to flee affrighted. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He had to keep a voluminous repertory of pedantic lumber always ready, to blunder with wit and pun in paradoxes, seasoning the whole with broad Bolognese dialect and plebeian phrases. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z When God created man did he make patricians and plebeians? Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z A lieutenant of artillery vaulted to the throne of France and made marshals and dukes and kings of plebeians. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z This easy-going behaviour is called “the modest condescension of the savant to the people”; whereas in reality he has only “descended” to himself, so far as he is not a savant but a plebeian. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z From there we move to fairgrounds and amusement parks after the aristocratic passion morphed into a plebeian craze. Wild Women Jostle Buffalo Bill in Paris Exhibition: Review 2011-12-07T00:23:07Z Moreover, the prevalent affectation of independence and the fashionable revolt against prejudice led ignorant scribblers to plume themselves upon their solecisms and plebeian lapses into dialect. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z And the visitors followed M. le chef of the gardens and conservatories, who smiled rather superciliously at the plebeian amazement of M. Dufour's friends. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Here sat the nobles, here the citizens, here the plebeians. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Her parentage was of the most plebeian sort. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z In his eyes they were one and all usurpers and plebeian upstarts, who ruled only by the suffrages of an ignorant and deluded mob. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z Round these the rabble hustled, disputing with vulgar and plebeian violence. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "So it does; the grand personages enter by that door, but plebeians, like ourselves, are lucky to get in the back way," replied the doctor, laughing. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Tackle and Lure—The black bass will take any lure from the artificial fly to the plebeian angleworm. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z However it is carried out—whether you bring Mrs. Hollister face to face with her plebeian parent or no, I shall be absent. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Good gracious, my dear, what a plebeian expedition! The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Our modern sages may laugh at this plebeian wish of mine to make my peace with Heaven; but I have never been able to dissociate philosophy from religion. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The fruit of this plebeian union between the tenor singer of the Electoral Chapel and the daughter of the head cook to his Grace the Archbishop of Treves was the great maestro. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z Who can wonder at the hostility of the French plebeian classes toward the aristocracy in the days of the Revolution? Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z At this period East Broadway wore only a waning grace of gentility; some few conservative nabobs still lingered there, obstinately defying plebeian inroads. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The navy has always been recruited among the aristocrats and looked down upon the army and soon developed a dislike for the plebeian and illiterate president. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The Indian showed himself no novice in the line of cooking, and we soon had a repast ready that would satisfy the craving of any hungry man, prince, potentate, or plebeian. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z It was a vulgar plebeian specimen, at best, and was set there, no doubt, only to preach its annual sermon, a sort of 'Dudleian Lecture' by a country preacher of small parts. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Therefore intermarriage could not be the boon to the plebeians that it would now be to the southern negro, lifting him up as it would do. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z So while the riot of plebeians into which he had been absorbed streamed contentedly on to its own lowly place, Marsyas worked his way out of the crowd and approached the City of Love. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z If the same had been told by the patrician Palmerston, instead of the plebeian Lincoln, they would not have lacked the "Attic salt," but would have rivaled Dean Swift or Sidney Smith. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z The plebeian sparrows came hopping clumsily as if they were made of wood, propped up by their stiff tails. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z "Ally the daughters of our nobility with plebeian Americans?—with working men?" The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z If he has opportunity, he will struggle for it more resolutely than the plebeians did. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The poplars are plebeian trees, but they have a place to fill and they fill it with credit. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Once again we see the former crowd; the same faces; the same peasants; the same lawyers; the same mass of spectators, noble and plebeian; the same judge; the same jury. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z I remember that plebeian little hunx at Oxford who was going into the Church. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z The plebeians were like a number of ciphers without a preliminary figure, and, though possessing all the materials of strength in their vast body, were powerless until a head could be found for them. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z When they had won political equality with the patricians, the Roman plebeians repealed the prohibition of intermarriage which the former had stubbornly maintained. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Such proud pretenders to superiority consider the world was only made for them, while their families and their houses must studiously be kept from plebeian contamination. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z The patricians evidently despised the plebeians, and the plebeians were offended at being despised; for in no American assemblage is any real inferiority of rank ever felt or acknowledged. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Roseline chatted with some young girls who came out to make their best curtesies, while the Baron thought all these attentions paid to such plebeian souls wonderfully troublesome. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z The plebeian pet wore a suit of plain bronze; but the giant was painted in various colours, presenting a formidable picture. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Many of these poor refugees, deprived of shelter and ambrosia, were now forced to work at some plebeian trade in order to earn a livelihood. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z "That's as it should be, it's necessary to teach these plebeians manners, who persuade themselves that they only take a wife for themselves." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The Indians have a great contempt, comparatively, for the beads we send them, which they consider as only fit for those plebeians who cannot by their exertions win anything better. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z My fervent admiration for the plebeian heroine inspired me with the resolution. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z Ogulnius, it was enacted that four pontiffs out of eight, and five augurs out of nine—at which the numbers were then fixed—should be plebeians. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z No matter how angry aristocrats are with their sovereign, they are always displeased when plebeians also dare to revolt. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Appius Claudius Audax, a consul who had rendered himself obnoxious to the people, was attacked in the midst of a triumphal procession by the plebeian tribunes, who endeavored to pull him from his chariot. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Where, therefore, was he to a find a woman, and moreover a woman willing to take charge of a gouty old gentleman like himself, whose birth in comparison with his own was not plebeian? Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z I shall therein trace the "Passion" of the plebeian heroine—for Joan, like Christ, also underwent her "Passion," crowned with martyrdom. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The science of augury certainly required no particular talent; but, as its professors were held in very high repute, the introduction of the plebeian element into the body, was a triumph for popular principles. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Yes, and the beautiful bullfinch and the gaudy goldfinch as well, to say nothing of the siskin and canary, so it cannot be plebeian. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Virginia, the daughter of Aulus, a patrician of high rank, married into a plebeian family. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z He described his bride as "one of plebeian birth and the superintendent of my establishment." Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z First only by way of abuse, but presently by open procedure of law, the rich plebeian began to buy for himself the sacred rank of Knighthood. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z The plebeians, finding their friend and banker in gaol, with nobody to pay their debts, were dissolved in tears—the only solvency of which they were capable. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Yet, for all this, many of the tricks and manners of these plebeian birds are well worth watching, and often highly amusing. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z He represented the brilliant and intellectual element of communal life, but was hopelessly plebeian; while Mr. Bourne stood for blood and breeding. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Eight-thirty is such a commonplace plebeian hour, and sums up one’s social status so exactly, and why couldn’t she say in ‘the’ house?” The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z Accordingly, as you see, my children, these manuscripts relate the history of our plebeian family for the last two thousand years. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z The struggle between the patrician and the plebeian parties was severe, and each endeavoured to represent itself as the only real friend of the people. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Descendants of daimyo generally gravitated to samurai rank, and those of samurai had to turn themselves into plebeians, in so far as they did not merit to be called to service as independent samurai. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Its advance still left Bond Street uninvaded, but here and there the roomy brick dwellings received distinctly plebeian inmates. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z On the contrary, does not most of the talent of England spring up from plebeian ranks? The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The custom of family names does not begin to be generally observed among plebeian families until towards the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Century. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z The plebeians having got the upper hand, became almost as intolerant as the tyrants they had displaced,—a common error, unfortunately, among the professing lovers of liberty. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Though the way to petition was not absolutely debarred to them, it was made very irksome and perilous for plebeians to sue and obtain a hearing for their manifold complaints. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z You didn't intend to open my plebeian eyes, but you have done so. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Instead of that he cast his reputation to the winds and slaved for a brutal plebeian; and all for the sake of his ideals! The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z And was not that spot the sanctuary of pious reminiscences, of the traditions, often heroic, of that plebeian family? The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z The patricians laid violent hands, not only upon the plebeians, but upon all the property of the State, assuming to the utmost all its rights, and repudiating all its duties. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Oh, you scoundrel! you thought that for your wine, your dice, and your plebeian loves I would kill people and go into rebellion with you? With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z From your weed rose the cloud that no counterblast, royal or plebeian, has ever yet been able to sweep away from the lips of men. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Ms. Yingluck, despite her family’s fortune, was often portrayed in the campaign as an upcountry girl who was in touch with plebeian Thailand. A Political Novice Out to Prove She's Her Own Boss 2011-08-05T15:15:32Z The same impassable distinctions exist among the plebeian grades of society. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z The whole of the profits of war went into the pockets of the upper class; and though the plebeians drew the sword, the patricians drew whatever money was to be obtained from the enemy. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Then a class of plebeians appeared who called themselves “men of men,” and who made it their profession to defy the bullying Samurai and to defend the oppressed people. Japan and the California Problem 2011-07-25T02:00:13.940Z The swells had deferred to his opinion; the farmers had applauded his jokes, whilst their wives and daughters beamed with smiles; and the plebeians had eyed him with reverence from afar. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z What made him so timid, if it was not the fear of forfeiting his place at court by a mesalliance with a plebeian, the daughter of a republican? A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The eternal eyeglass serves to hide such expression as his features might have, and the nose, short and r�trouss�, makes plebeian lineaments which might without this defect be sufficiently regular. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z A movement arose in favour of law reform, and C. Terentillus Arsa brought in a bill for getting the patricians and plebeians to a better understanding, by putting them on nearly the same footing. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z If he was a plebeian, so, too, was Christ. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z "Yes, the Kaiser has distinctly plebeian ideas, it must be owned." The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Ottmar, the haughty, dreaded aristocrat, enters the lists to defend a poor, persecuted plebeian, and confesses his own error to prove the innocence of his prot�g�. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z He was an easy-going plebeian, to whom a modest position in life and scanty gains were no grievances. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z These were appointed from the patricians, after a struggle on the part of the plebeians to get five selected from their own order; but, with a laudable regard to public order, they withdrew their opposition. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Well, I think that a man who surrounds himself so much with plebeian society, scholars and authors, might properly be termed a visionary! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z In the last year there was a reaction against the family, in consequence of Caeso espousing the cause of the plebeians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Behind him stepped a powerfully-built man, respectably dressed in black, with a plebeian and repulsive countenance. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z It seemed we were the only plebeians present. Nocturnalist: A Book Party for the Dead 2011-07-16T01:22:36Z The bills were now all passed; and L. Sextius had been appointed plebeian consul, when the patricians, refusing to sanction what they could not prevent, declined to ratify the election. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Now let us enjoy an hour of innocent, genuine plebeian happiness. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The rest of the school—plebeians all—contented themselves with reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and a vain attempt to master the mysteries and mists of Kirkham's Grammar. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Their chocolate wings were ribbed with lines of blue and green; and a few plain, yellow plebeians followed on after, train-bearers, probably, to their lordly superiors. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z However she might cling in her childish delusion to the plebeian name, she showed race, D�nninghausen race, and, moreover, her bold, fearless opposition did him good. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Besides the orders of patricians and plebeians, whose position was determined by descent alone, Servius thought there were many who might be connected together by a tie proper to them all, namely, that of property. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z In Pani Elzen, as in Romulus and Remus, he saw a type in which there is no culture below the surface; beneath is an unknown plebeian depth. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z If you venture into the Park, and stand upon Observatory Hill, you can at once glimpse London and gain an idea of how plebeian Greenwich has become. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Edith had had in mind a small bungalow—a tiny house with a view of the water, but Mrs. Pope was burdened with no such plebeian ideas. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z In praise of many a noble name, Let lesser poets chaunt a p�an; The deathless fame will I proclaim Of others, more plebeian. The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z Trade and commerce were held in contempt, and left to the plebeians; the patrician considering himself suitably employed only when he was thrashing his corn, or performing the same operation on his enemies. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z She's very beautiful," she conceded, "and sweet and fetching and hopelessly plebeian. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He is a coarse, plebeian person in aspect, and his countenance exhibits a curious mixture of the knave and the clown. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z She thinks a pipe low, common, plebeian, you know, and for the same reason she hates me to wear a cap—she thinks it makes me look like a workingman. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z The seasons undergo their changes; night follows day; comets come and go; monarchs become subjects, and subjects monarchs; nobles lose the knowledge of their descent, and plebeians rise to the rank of nobles. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Publilius from this moment had considerable weight with the plebeians, who made him one of their Tribunes; and he at once proposed a large measure of reform in the mode of electing those officers. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z And Alan was not slow to realize that all the combined dignity of all the combined Warburtons, would be utterly lost upon this plebeian. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Fox! beast! you shall be honored for the first time in your plebeian life—you shall fight with Calembours!' Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The haughty noble must be taught that he too had a master; he must be taught to treat his plebeian brother as another man, and not merely as a beast of burden. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Except for this plebeian touch he was of the most unimpeachable elegance. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z The plebeians could only reap what they had sown, and as they had sown nothing of any value, they had fallen into a state of extreme seediness. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z “It really is a game of misses,” he said, standing alongside the plebeian Dyker Beach Golf Course. On Par: In Golf, Justin Timberlake Sees Metaphors for Life 2011-06-05T20:59:13Z To establish revolutionary co�peration with the army, the peasantry, and the plebeian lower strata of the urban bourgeoisie. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z She also, like the plebeians she mingled with and did not see, looked upon the luminous world with a profound eye, and listened with a toss of her head. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z I, too, am a plebeian, and rejoice To see thy gracious, noble condescension. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z The plebeians, understanding the moral of the story, were disposed to treat, on the understanding that they should henceforth be better treated. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z It required some courage, therefore, in the young Baron to break away from the feudal traditions of his privileged caste and use the plebeian Magyar dialect as a literary vehicle. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z I need always some bit of humor in my programs, and it is difficult to find pure light humor that is not plebeian. Dr. Hardhack's Prescription A Play for Children in Four Acts 2011-05-24T02:00:12.880Z One of Disraeli's personal friends, the influence of the duke had helped the Prime Minister from the outer ring of plebeian obscurity into the inner circle of Conservative exclusiveness. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Patrician and plebeian, equalized By common woe, together whisper menace To those who work such havoc as, indeed, Was never known in Rome until to-day. 3rd Cit. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z The patricians, getting tired of an exclusiveness which seemed likely to exclude them from real power, condescended to vie with the plebeians as candidates for the office of Tribune. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This was the age of plebeians, to the great indignation of the duke and peer Saint Simon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z For it seems rather vulgar, a thing repellent to the finer sensibilities, to touch this distinguished figure of immaculate artificiality with the plebeian term of "landlady." Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z I am thy son, though the blood of strangers, whom I have never known, flows in my plebeian veins! Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z What! would ye show your teeth, ye nobles brave, Would bare your fangs, O ye plebeian dogs! Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z This power of prevention left fewer evils to be cured; and the plebeians, having at last obtained an organ of their own, may be said to have found the key to their liberties. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Amongst the minor grievances reckoned up by the deceased dowager as accruing from Augustus's unfortunate marriage was the fact that his wife had borne the plebeian name of Dobbs. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Justice Heidt retired quietly, inwardly congratulating himself with the thought that it was just as well he had escaped closer connection with so plebeian a family! Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z "A fig for what such like see or think; I thought you were above valuing the opinion of our wealthy plebeians." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Four citizens, two in patrician and two in plebeian garments, confer together. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z The patricians had hitherto grasped the whole of the conquered soil, though they could not do so with clean hands; and Spurius Cassius proposed that the plebeians should have a share of it. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The bearers of the almost countless images were, like those who drew the chariots, mostly patricians, or young men of wealth of plebeian family, who thus sought an easy mode of exhibiting their piety. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Let it be blended with the plebeian insignia of a republic, rather than a daughter of his house, his own dear child, should be the child of a life-long sorrow! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z And although M. le Marquis de Belle-Isle expressed himself in more elegant words than his plebeian friend, there was none the less spite and evil intent in the expression of his face as he spoke. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z It doth appear affection did exist Betwixt Rome's great plebeian and this lady. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Originally the dictator was a patrician, but in 356 B.C. the plebeian Marcius Rutilus was called upon to fill the office of dictator. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z In spite of the misalliance of one of his ancestors, our friend was unquestionably mainly plebeian except for the sternness of his tenacious profile. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Further to describe this plebeian literature is hardly necessary. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z De Lugeac, who lived in perpetual fear of doing or saying something which would inevitably betray his plebeian origin, meekly obeyed M. de Belle-Isle's command. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z There were also many plebeian colleges in different parts of the empire. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z His entertainments of all kinds are quite superlative; and if he be a plebeian and a brute, his wife and sister, on the other hand, are graceful as gazelles, and date from the Deluge. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z "We plebeians do not call this work; only a little amusement," interposed Anna, without raising her eyes. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z The artifice of style made it pass for superior; and, in purely literary quality, it was in truth superior to the products of-44- plebeian inspiration. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The plebeians thronged to the theatre for the sake of merriment, and the patricians were still too much occupied with the projects of their own ambition, to weep over the woes of Antigone or Electra. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The founders were generally of plebeian origin; but there were among them many who were originally Samurai, and who betook themselves to such occupation from love of independence, or some other causes. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z He would like to be an ambassador’s brother-in-law, the near connection of a family dating from Charlemagne—he, the man of nothing, with plebeian written on his front. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z But you have excited my 'plebeian' curiosity regarding this strange marriage. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Since the days of the Ciompi riot they had pursued one line of self-aggrandizement by siding with the plebeians in their quarrels with the oligarchs. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The patricians, who, in the city, were so distinct from the plebeian orders, were thus confounded with them in the country, in the common avocations of husbandry. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z It was owing to the virtues of this plebeian monarch, that the natives among the Poles, when elected to be kings, were called Piasts. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z He is called a lunatic, a libeller, an abettor of murder and of assassination, a coward, an incendiary, a Jacobin, a plebeian and a foe to virtue. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Some of them wear, in addition to their white caps, ornaments of white court-plaster upon their cheeks and noses, as memorials of recent strife with some plebeian foe. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z The lyrics written for the Triumphs were stately, in the style of antique odes; those intended to be sung upon the Carri, employed plebeian turns of phrase and dealt in almost undisguised obscenity. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Besides, you’re so different from these plebeian Puritans and Roundheads; unlike them in every way.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z On this, each felt no pleasing chill; For ev'n among the Bancockeans, A gentleman for fun to kill, Is mostly punished—in plebeians. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z For, a few days previously, the Figaro had published a satirical article on the presentation of a plebeian representative of the republic at some foreign court. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Our best families would soon arrive at a very plebeian level, were every female descendant to be permitted to indulge her love-sick fancies, instead of consulting the interest and honour of her house. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z He imported into these pictures the plebeian tone which we have already noticed in the popular poetry of the preceding century, and which was destined to pervade the erotic literature of the Renaissance. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The sneer at his plebeian cognomen stung him to the quick, for Powell understood enough of English nomenclature to know that “Thompson” was not an aristocratic appellation; and the sarcasm cut keenly. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The field was therefore open; and this time the division lay, not between contending factions of the high aristocracy, but between the high aristocracy, on the one hand, and the "plebeian nobility," on the other. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z In that plebeian forum were debated the great questions that agitated Paris, France, Europe! The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z If so, they ought to have presented the same plebeian strain of ideas and phraseology as James Hatelie; but we see they do not: they are, on the contrary, remarkably poetical, pure, and dignified. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z Yet it may be said that, just as his philosophy of life was the philosophy of a jovial and sensuous plebeian, so his conception of literature lacked depth and greatness. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z But no—the vulgar soul of the plebeian official was closed against shame, as against justice; and without regarding the repulse, he pressed on with his plan. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z FLAMINIUS, GAIUS, Roman statesman and general, of plebeian family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z "Monsieur Plouernel," Charlotte asked, "the descendant of that ancient family of warrior Franks which has done so much injury to your plebeian stock?" The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Of the plebeian ballads, a specimen has just been adduced. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z Nor were the above-mentioned romances by any means the only works of their kind produced for a plebeian audience in the quattrocento. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Prices went down again, and again the descendants of the Paulars and Infantados went to the shambles at prices as low as were paid for plebeian natives. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z No. The disgrace is where some plebeian—some trading person—is mad enough to advance his pretensions, and dares to address a lady as I heard you address my niece. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z What woes, what miseries, what iniquities, what acts of oppression, what tortures, are recalled to our memory by these inanimate objects, witnesses of the age-long martyrdom of our plebeian family. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z It was Irish stew,—a horrible, plebeian dinner, such as Hibernian labourers might devour after a day's bricklaying. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z When the poems thus produced were committed to writing, the plebeian author feigned at least the inspiration of a bard. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It is quite possible that the first demarcation between the aristocrats and the plebeians of Vermont was drawn along this food line. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z The patricians and the more influential among the plebeians secured the major share of that wealth. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The shameless plebeians have too much blood; it will rise to their heads and give them a false energy. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z In spite of his rank, he has always manifested thoroughly plebeian instincts; his greed of gain is notorious; and he looks, and is, entirely at home in the Harfink domestic atmosphere. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z But that work of consummate art was what it was, by reason of the master's wise employment of a style transmitted to him through generations of plebeian predecessors. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Besides that, there is something in me—I suppose it must be a plebeian streak—which enables me to understand servants and get along with them. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z For some centuries the internal history of Rome was the story of a long and obstinate struggle for freedom and a share in the government on the part of the plebeians. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z You have in your plebeian annals a princely name, that of Charles of Gerolstein. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z If you only knew the sufferings and heart-burnings that plebeian appellation has cost us! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z This poem has rare value as a genuine product of the plebeian muse. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The very day after the wedding, his behaviour was that of a vain selfish overbearing plebeian, suddenly raised from poverty to wealth. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z In the end the plebeians broke down most of the exclusive barriers of the old families and established a working equality with them. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z My father gave me to read the plebeian legends of our family. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Too many may seem to think that there is a royal road, and fail to recognise that a plebeian does not alter his status by walking along this variety of highway. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z I Beoni is a plebeian poem of a different and more displeasing type. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In theory, the twelve plebeian centuries were open to all freeborn youths of the age of seventeen, although in practice preference was given to the members of the older families. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The age-long dissensions of patrician and plebeian were drawing to it close, the Etruscan threat had come to an end, no one was very rich yet nor very poor, and most men were public-spirited. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z "These plebeian men at least take pains to amuse," the ladies were accustomed to remark, and Arnold Spatzig decidedly took pains to amuse. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Two classes in the manner of two races must be distinguished among these Moros: that of the datos which is, as it were, the aristocracy; and that of the plebeians who obey the datos. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Sometimes this humor is in harmony with the plebeian spirit of the old Italian romances; sometimes it turns aside and treats it as a theme of ridicule. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z "All of them quite common men!" said the provost carelessly—"country rustics—plebeians!" A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Among the crowd that thronged to Cluny eager for a higher life, was a young Tuscan from Orvieto, Hildebrand by name, of plebeian birth. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Why, sir, it was the very plebeian character of this insurrection that should have warned them against their plan of nursing and encouraging it. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z In 494 B.C., working-class plebeians in Rome, protesting their treatment at the hands of the Roman consuls, staged a kind of sit-down strike on a hill near the city, later called the Sacred Mount. Egypt's revolution vindicates Gene Sharp's theory of nonviolent activism 2011-02-11T20:45:06.310Z He knew, that, more than men, though quietly, they are facing the problem of their lives, their unused powers, their sham marriages, and speak of these things to their own souls with strong, plebeian words. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z "Your cousin's deportment was certainly not calculated to inspire confidence, Frau Gersdorf," the Baroness remarked, emphasizing the plebeian name; but to her immense surprise she here encountered opposition from her usually passive charge. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z The rich burghers would not stomach a plebeian any more than they would a king. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Marie was out of a place—had left her last mistress, a plebeian nobody. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z He was a native of the district of Campania, of plebeian family, of most sturdy and independent character. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z She did not look uncomely, but there was something coarse and plebeian in her appearance. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z But the pitying contempt with which this young lady, reared in the bosom of American luxury, yielded to their simple, plebeian way of life, was deeply felt, and wounded none the less. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z And, to her keen annoyance, the County Council man came up just then and asked for tickets, Mr. Wimble producing two plebeian coppers out of a dirty leather purse to settle the account. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z I have not shown myself docile enough, subservient enough to them; and, besides this, they cannot forgive me my plebeian origin. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z But a “dynamic theory of history” is no proper inhabitant of autobiography, and “the larger synthesis” is not yet so domesticated as the plebeian idea of God. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z She did not in the least resemble her father or her aunt, both of whom were stout, uncomely folk of true plebeian type. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Chalfont marched in to find the place filled with wrongly dressed men with plebeian legs and strange women who seemed to have been dug out of the residential end of factory cities. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Thieves and mendicants, artisans, bourgeois and seigneurs, lost women and devout old dames, ladies of distinction and plebeian women and children of all ages, elbowed one another. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z She would hardly have consented else to receive such frequent visits from one bearing your plebeian name; but the man who has saved one's life must be an exception, of course. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Next minute the double "yes" was spoken, and one of the oldest, proudest of aristocratic names had been exchanged for the simple, plebeian Berkow. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z There were three or four rush-bottomed chairs, which looked plebeian even on the dusty, uncarpeted floor. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z She was reminded of the brilliant role she could play as mistress of Villica; of the absolute sway so young, beautiful, and high-born a wife must gain over the mind of her plebeian husband. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Alas, that date must remain inscribed in characters of blood in our plebeian annals, O, sons of Joel! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z It had never occurred to her that the young plebeian, fortuneless Assessor could raise his eyes to her daughter, still less that the girl could encourage so misplaced an affection. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z There was indeed one shadow still on all this new-born sunshine, and it was caused by that plebeian name so detested by the Baron, and, at one time, by Eug�nie. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z It was said that the aristocratic couple quarrelled after a most plebeian fashion, and that Herr von B---- even maltreated his wife. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z This scion of a plebeian race did not belong to the Zulieski and Morynski circle; all felt this, and the remarks assumed a corresponding tone. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z The fire of his anger had quickly died out, but from his very soul he hated this insolent plebeian Candidate who had thus humiliated him. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z In a few days his feelings had made so much progress that he promised to marry her, forgetting, however, that the strict laws of the aristocratic Republic forbade all marriages between patricians and plebeians. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z She would now, as hitherto, be looked on as an equal in spite of the plebeian name she bore. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z "Insolent plebeian!" exclaimed Lord Robert; "do you presume to insult me?" The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z Her husband, a plebeian whom her parents forced her to marry, met his death by a sword-thrust, during her pregnancy, leaving her an estate much encumbered. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Have you the faintest notion of what it means to keep company with three plebeians and lead a useful vegetable existence, and from morning till evening steadfastly practise dutifulness and uprightness? The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It is grander, nobler, happier than to fall by the butcher's plebeian mallet in the slaughter-house, or to succumb to the slow miseries of rinderpest. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z She has a thoroughly aristocratic aversion to everything plebeian. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Dr. Knight on close acquaintance dropped all his drawing-room talk and expressed some very plebeian views of things. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Article Tools Share Close But despite the commonplace surroundings — a Heineken beer truck, parked outside the glass-walled branch, provided a plebeian backdrop for the event — the bank did not hold back on the glamor. DealBook: Citigroup Opens Bank of the Future, Flat Screens and All 2010-12-17T12:12:10Z The Dutch, meanwhile, will take a more plebeian approach. Netherlands, Spain ready to make history 2010-07-11T02:27:00Z But playing a round of golf on the Andrews Air Force Base course is in fact a fairly plebeian thing to do. Michael Tomasky: Obama should play more golf 2010-06-21T19:35:00Z You know, dear Mary, that I am a thoroughbred aristocrat, and that I have an innate antipathy to all that is common and plebeian. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The riviera tennis set are not prone to outbursts of plebeian disgust. Murray jeered off after defeat in Monaco 2010-04-14T18:57:00Z One other income it had, however, which was considered less plebeian than Bayport’s–the money a score of city-bred people left each summer. The Girl From Tim's Place At other resorts in M�nsterberg, where the more plebeian revellers sought their distractions with indifferent beer and good grog, were to be found ladies with whom one could chat behind the bar. The Undying Past But he had no sooner gone, than it occurred to her, that parritch for a lord ought to be made somewhat differently from those intended for a plebeian stomach. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 I never yet heard a word from his lips that would betray the plebeian, but, on the contrary, many that were spoken from my soul, and that found a loud echo in my heart. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z “But, mamma, you never thought Frank Morrison plebeian,” said Gertrude, raising her bright grey eyes to bring them to bear on her dignified mother, who was arranging the lace about her plump white throat. A Double Knot They say he has been rather wild; but a man of birth may make mistakes, Justine; they are never the serious errors of a plebeian.” Lady Maude's Mania The hopeless obscurity and depression of the plebeian and servile classes had some alleviation in companies where, for the moment, the poor and lowly-born found himself on an equality with his social superiors. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Among the most interesting of the early legends of Rome is that of Virginius, a soldier of the army belonging to the plebeian order. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) "It is all the more remarkable, because my plebeian descent and my modest education do not entitle me to any of these aristocratic gifts." Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Hence arose much discontent among the plebeians, and various remedial laws were passed with more or less success. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Was he too plebeian for her to notice? The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode They knew their trade better than the Roman plebeian. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This K�so was a Wild and insolent young man, who despised the plebeians and hated their tribunes. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) For, without any purpose of mine, and often without, exactly knowing why, I have always found myself on the plebeian side, whenever in history the conflict between patricians and plebeians has become marked. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The French peasant may be in fetters, but he is also the nobleman of the world—the only nobleman remaining, "whilst Europe has continued plebeian." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The tribunes, the magistrates who represented the poor classes, or plebeians as they were called, were ten in number, one to represent each of the original ten tribes. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men But what of the great masses lying outside the circle of cultivated and exhausted self-indulgence, that plebeian world of which we have seen the picture in their municipalities and colleges? Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius After this the young patricians became more insolent than ever, but they courted the poorest of the people, hoping to engage them on their side against the more respectable plebeians. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) "Oldenburg will never be a plebeian," said the younger lady, with some warmth. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z And it should be noted that the stocks were not for the punishment of gentlemen, they were thoroughly plebeian. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days She is getting tired and disgusted with her plebeian surroundings, and as to her estate—" "What of her estate? The Reclaimers And therefore the improvement in the condition of the slave or of his poor plebeian brother by the theoretical equality in the colleges, may be easily exaggerated. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The plebeians said calmly that they would no longer be imposed upon; that not one of them would thereafter enlist for a war until the public faith was made good. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Father and son never forgot or forgave these years of plebeian uproar. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The ladies of the Daarg family always wore slippers—the heavy-sounding modern boot they considered a structure suitable only for persons of plebeian origin. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches So it would have been natural enough to suppose from his manner and behavior that he was of plebeian origin. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas In the college of Aesculapius, Marcellina herself, and Aelius Zeno, the two great benefactors of the society, along with the highest of its dignitaries, are allotted three times as much as the plebeian brother. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But the most striking thing is the countless multitude of nobles and plebeians, who collect here from the most distant parts, not so much for health as for pleasure. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Certainly he, the plebeian victim of that attack, had no such wish. The Guarded Heights To be sure, we plebeian children only witnessed these things through the railing of the park, or if we could slip in, through the lofty windows that looked out upon the garden. The Children of the World How could she find time to think of any one so plebeian as the underbred rich man she had married, by his entrancing side? Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The cold haughty refinement of senatorial circles of the old régime, and the rude honest virtue of the plebeian soldiery,444 rightly mistrusted this false sensational artist on the throne of the world. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Not that Mrs. MacCaffery had any notions that railroading and overalls and dirt was plebeian and beneath her—far from it! The Night Operator The plebeians have some pride, my dear Bibliomaniac, and they are decidedly averse to mixing with the swells. The Inventions of the Idiot The battle of patrician and plebeian, of parent state and colony, of old usage and accommodation to new facts, of the rich and the poor, reappears in all countries and times.... The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Valeria consulted her safety by hasty flight, and, still accompanied by her mother Prisca, they wandered above fifteen months through the provinces in the disguise of plebeian habits. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs When we reach the plebeian Flavian race, Hellenism is still favoured. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It was the old axiom of knight-errantry adapted to our own century, which made every weapon fair used against the plebeian! Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) "I've tried and tried to break him of his plebeian phrases, but I cannot," Mrs. Parker said, with sad emphasis. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop It was rebellion, pure and simple, and for once in his life Francis Vennor gave place to wrath—plebeian wrath, vociferous and undignified. A Romance in Transit Nay, he may even have bowed to him as his ecclesiastical superior, and received from his plebeian hands the emblems of their common Lord. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs But he was also a Roman plebeian, with that pride of race which is often as deep in the plebeian as in the aristocrat. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Go to, boy; this plebeian incivility must not precipitate the course of our action. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The contrast to this figure is furnished by that of Sancho Panza, who embodies all that is matter-of-fact, gross, and plebeian. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The magnificent anatomy of a beautiful arm, a shapely bosom—bared, it seemed, in an effort to reanimate—showed that this was no plebeian waif driven by stress of poverty over the water's edge. Love's Usuries That little phrase of gratitude in that same tone of voice has often made plebeians feel like dying to prove their gratitude. H. R. The causes of this plebeian indigence can only be glanced at here. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The office was probably open in quite early times to both patricians and plebeians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It is true, however, that Camoens breathed his last in dire distress and isolation, and was buried "poorly and plebeianly" in the neighboring convent of Santa Ana. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII He affected aristocratic manners and exquisite polish; unfortunately, he happened sometimes to forget himself, and to expose his altogether plebeian origin. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Kiss her in the vestibule before ringing the door-bell, as if we were plebeian sweethearts? H. R. And literature has thrown its whole weight on the side of prejudice, and given full vent alike to the scorn of the noble, and to the hate and envy of the plebeian. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Two plebeian censors were for the first time elected in 131 b.c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" This potato salad is a very delicious one, not to be despised because of its plebeian name. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions There were both patrician and plebeian bards, each subdivided into The bard. eight degrees, having their own peculiar metres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" She spoke with an asthmatic voice and the lowest of plebeian accents, made frequent mistakes which spoiled the sense, and was insufferably monotonous in her delivery. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second It was an act which he could not properly qualify as plebeian, but which seemed to him crazily courtesanesque. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident This magistracy was at first confined to patricians; a plebeian censor is first mentioned in 351 b.c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" As such it was violently opposed both by the patricians and by the wealthy plebeians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" He has created a new literary atmosphere, in which the characters of Puritanical and plebeian Wales move freely and without restraint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It was a point of vantage from which it must have been quite pleasant for the privileged beau-monde to look down on the struggling plebeian. Fragments of an Autobiography You, who have not even fortune to atone for your plebeian name and low origin! Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. The Newfoundland dog, though of plebeian origin, and a hard worker in his native land, is generally regarded as an aristocrat. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation Not the sham patriotism of your envious plebeian, nor the mock independence of the needy lawyer, but the sturdy determination to make his country second to none. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience He came of an ancient plebeian family, noted for some military services, but not ennobled by the discharge of the higher civil offices. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" These favored travelers had Pullman cars to themselves, and occupied as much room as was allotted to scores of plebeians. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The proud Arabic lords could not acquiesce in paying to a plebeian like Hajjāj, invested with absolute power by the caliph, the strict obedience he required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" It was a clever thought to place this plebeian little beast beside the aristocratic, high-spirited horse. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation Our haughtiest nobility—the proudest duke in the land—knows well what his alliance with a plebeian order has done for him. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The highborn lady-in-waiting was shocked and objected to their plebeian occupation, but Goethe's mother threatened to turn the door key rather than permit interference with the sport of her princely guests. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) We also, in more plebeian manner, do the same. Here and There in London Though patrician in sympathy, he saw the necessity of making concessions to the plebeians and was instrumental in passing the Licinian laws. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Thus are the heroes of science frequently sacrificed to the fury of a plebeian mob. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Nature stamped no nobility on gold, nor made copper plebeian. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience But the most striking thing is the countless multitude of nobles and plebeians, who gather here from the most distant parts, not so much for health as for pleasure. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) If it ever existed, it existed outside of our classic literature, in a rustic or plebeian dialect. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Smelling-salts would not dispel the unpleasantly mingling odours of damp clothes and muddy boots which rose from the plebeian crowd in the rear. The Heart of a Woman Manifestoes signed by self-appointed committees of plebeian patriots appeared on the walls of Paris. A History of the Third French Republic But her own heart throbbed quickly for a moment as she recognized the man who had told her what he thought of her plainly in crude and plebeian Saxon phraseology. Anne In most of the cities that were centres of intellectual life, the plebeians arose and replaced the formerly highly cultured patricians. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Of his grandson, styled of this place, who, deputed to maintain the royal prerogative against plebeian agression, fell fighting under the fierce onslaught of Wat Tyler in distant Kent. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The social classification of the Romans into the senatorial, equestrian and plebeian orders passed, with sharper definitions, from the republic into the principate. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The worship of Diana was brought to Rome by Latin plebeians, and hence she was regarded as the protectress of the lower classes, and especially of slaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Her manner had the quaint archness, over-lying intense pride, of an old French Marquise, to whom Bonaparte is "plebeian," and the fruitful, vulgar present worthy only of being dismissed with a shrug of the shoulders. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Between patrician and plebeian there was an abyss too wide for marriage to bridge. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern So he was forced to give up his little estate, an estate perhaps handed down to him by generations of farmers, and migrate to the city of Rome, to swell the idle and plebeian population. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The Roman plebeian colleges and guilds, which had become political clubs and had contributed to the recent disorders in the city, were dissolved with the exception of the ancient association of craftsmen. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. But there was also a great horde of free, poor plebeians, who were the perpetual paupers of the government. Women of Early Christianity Who dare again to say we trace Our lines to a plebeian race? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 The plebeian did not at first dare to conceive of such a thing. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern |
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