Finally, we love De Quincey for his abhorrence of all knavish or quackish men, and his deep respect for human nature. |
I hold them to be a race of pessimists, recruited amongst beggarly philosophers and knavish, atrabilious theologians. |
They were like monkeys for their knavish and thievish tricks. |
But they must have forgotten all about Mr. Crow's knavish cousin, Jasper Jay. |
Politics is a noble and sometimes a knavish trade. |
So ridiculously were they abused by knavish and ignorant star-gazers. |