| How could I foresee I should have to deal with a knavish sort of a nameless something? |
| Zanni were valet buffoons, clowns, and knavish jacks-of-all-trades. |
| Neither were they filled with goods, like those of knavish traders. |
| So ridiculously were they abused by knavish and ignorant star-gazers. |
| 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. |
| Finally, we love De Quincey for his abhorrence of all knavish or quackish men, and his deep respect for human nature. |
