Oh, how one longs for the days of yore, when men were honourable and there was none of this knavish nonsense to hand. |
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Zanni were valet buffoons, clowns, and knavish jacks-of-all-trades. |
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That means catching the turn of the tide in public opinion, backing the knights of the public sector eager to do their jobs better, while recognising that all too human knavish tendencies need eternal vigilance too. |
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Politics is a noble and sometimes a knavish trade. |
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Even confessing to a crime, the man may be mad, or a knavish simulator. |
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