Usage examples (8)

• That such abuses do really exist I have proved beyond the power of contradiction; and that they are at least tolerated by those -- whoever they may be -- who possess without...
• Fools had oft intruded themselves in great events ere this, but not those who wore the motley; heretofore had the latter been content with the posts of entertainers, leaving to...
• I knew him as a courtier, too, and as a bold intrigant.
• Yes, dear madame, there is the question; and if he cannot answer, is it not most cruel to call me conspirator, and spy, and intrigant, because I talk to my dear madame,...