Philister

"Philister" and a "flunky," take part boldly with respectability and this wicked world, and declare them to be for once utterly in the right.

Literary and General Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847

In our day, when we live under a despotism of the lower “middle class” Philister who can pardon anything but superiority, the prizes of competitive services are monopolized by certain “pets” of the Médiocratie, and prime favourites of that jealous and potent majority — the

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“Philister,” and duels and drinking-bouts at the neighbouring University of Schoppenhausen, from which renowned seat of learning they had just come in the Eilwagen, with Becky, as it appeared, by their side, and in order to be present at the bridal fetes at Pumpernickel.

Vanity Fair 2006

He wrote plays and poems and novels to the tunes set by the masters of his school, but for himself practically he was a wise man, -- held comfortable offices all his life long, and, in spite of vast literary yearning, sentiment, and misanthropy, was a Philister of the Philisters.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

Workingmen's associations (28); the Christian unions, 32 groups with over 4000 workingmen members; the Catholic business men's society with 400 members; 2 societies of Catholic male and female teachers; 9 associations of Catholic students; 2 Philister societies.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Efforts have been made to obtain in English some term equivalent to Philister or epicier; Mr. Carlyle has made several such efforts: “Respectability with its thousand gigs,” he says; well, the occupant of every one of these gigs is, Mr. Carlyle means, a Philistine.

Matthew Arnold Russell, G W E 1904

English some term equivalent to _Philister_ or _épicier_; Mr. Carlyle has made several such efforts: "Respectability with its thousand gigs," he says; well, the occupant of every one of these gigs is, Mr. Carlyle means, a Philistine.

Matthew Arnold George William Erskine Russell 1886

It inspirits me; for you, like me, will remain what you are — a German, and will not become a “Philister.”

Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861

He would not become a _Philister_ here, as most do.

Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861

And while Pharisee and Philister may be or may pretend to be "shocked" and "horrified" by my pages, the sound common sense of a public, which is slowly but surely emancipating itself from the prudish and prurient reticences and the immodest and immoral modesties of the early xixth century, will in good time do me, I am convinced, full and ample justice.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855