Patricians

Examples

• This was in the old days when the Patricians alone governed Venice--the common herd had no vote and no voice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This community followed the usual tradition of a division into aristocratic and common citizens, who were called in Rome patricians and plebeians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Many patricians were growing poor and irritated and unscrupulous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The plebeians were ousted from any share in the conquered lands, which the patricians divided up among themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And finally (3) there were patricians big-minded and far-seeing enough to insist upon the need of reconciliation with the plebeians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Trade was coming to Rome with increasing political power, and many plebeians were growing rich and many patricians becoming relatively poor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was a nominated one, and in the earlier period it was nominated solely from among the patricians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The mass of the details of this struggle between patricians and plebeians we can afford to ignore in this outline. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For a long time the Roman patricians were clever enough to beat every such potential tyrant by giving in to a certain extent to the plebeians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It abated because, among other influences, the social differences between patricians and plebeians were diminishing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Typist: Maura