Plebeian

Irish Womanhood within Plebeian Culture on the Southern Avalon

Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment, Steele, whose pen readily seconded his political passions, endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian; to this an answer was published by Addison, under the title of The Old Whig, in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the Commons.

Life of Addison, 1672-1719 1909

Steele, in a paper called the Plebeian, vehemently attacked the Bill.

Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

Steele replied by a second "Plebeian;" and, whether by ignorance or by courtesy, confined himself to his question, without any personal notice of his opponent.

Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746

'Plebeian', in which he argued against a measure tending, he said, to the formation of an oligarchy.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

Raf (showing a slight distasteful look reserved for "commoners" a.k.a. "Plebeian Pigeons"): No, Rifford.

et patati et patata - French Word-A-Day 2010

Raf (showing a slight distasteful look reserved for "commoners" a.k.a. "Plebeian Pigeons"): No, Rifford.

French Word-A-Day: 2010

The probable author of the “Plebeian” pamphlet, Melancton Smith, would be a leader of the Antifederal/Republican convention delegates.

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Since everyone, including Federalists, agreed that the Constitution was imperfect, “A Plebeian” said its flaws should be repaired before it was ratified.

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

There is no evidence the Federal Republican Committee shipped out bundles of “A Plebeian” for distribution, although the pamphlet did apparently circulate through Suffolk County, and about half of it was reprinted upstate in the American Herald.

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010