I love my order; I honour devout souls; I respect the piety of thy Princess-but I will not betray the confidence she reposes in me, nor serve even the cause of religion by foul and sinful compliances-but forsooth!
"The Castle of Otranto"
Horace Walpole
Danby, on the other hand, rather than relinquish his great place, sometimes stooped to compliances which caused him bitter pain and shame.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is the true explanation of the unscrupulous violence with which the statesmen of that day struggled for office, of the tenacity with which, in spite of vexations, humiliations and dangers, they clung to it, and of the scandalous compliances to which they stooped in order to retain it.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay