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"Fourth estate" Quotes from Famous Books

... gratification and tucked the silk handkerchief back so that only a fold was visible. "We members of the Fourth Estate are fairly well known, I'm afraid, in Calcutta," he said. "Personally, I could sometimes wish it were otherwise. But certainly not in ...

— Hilda - A Story of Calcutta • Sara Jeannette Duncan

... said majestically. All the glories and grandeurs of the Fourth Estate were concentrated in that haughty monosyllable. Heaven itself is full of journalists who have overawed St. Peter. But the ...

— The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes • Israel Zangwill

... Was war correspondent for the Greek associated press at the siege of Troy. Ambition: Fewer classics and more money. Publication: See libraries and school rooms. Address: Care Athens. Clubs: Literary, Fourth Estate. ...

— Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date - Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be • Anonymous

... the Reform Bill of 1832. Like that measure, it was passed only after long and violent agitation and discussion both without and within the walls of Parliament. Its main effect was the extension of the right of voting,—the enfranchisement of the great "fourth estate, or the masses." By it also a few small boroughs in England—for the bill did not concern either Ireland or Scotland, separate bills of somewhat similar provisions being framed for them—were disfranchised, ...

— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers

... drily; "you know very well why not, Patsy Doyle. Mooley cows and the fourth estate don't ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne