‘A small, red-headed, squinting man, Clarendon described him as of ‘extraordinary cunning’, though in the end his contorted tergiversations overwhelmed him.’
‘You may call it tergiversation, but we pros call it diplomacy.’
‘The Treasury displayed the utmost determination, ingenuity, tergiversation and meanness of spirit in trying to cut his fees.’
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