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Said he, "Let knaves Deal knavishly till freedom they can win; And so let sinners purge themselves of sin."

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

They were all, said she, insincere; and for the most part knavishly inclin'd.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

There was such an uproar in the church--they all rose up, joined together, pressed forward and crowded so knavishly through each other, that Master Laurence could not observe who did it.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob

As soon as Cecil left the room, the count's face assumed a knavishly malicious expression.

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel

Round this the mob hedged: the Dalesmen in front, striving knavishly back and bawling to those behind to leggo that shovin'; and these latter urging valorously forward, yelling jeers and contumely at the front rank.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred