As the timeservers who had pretended to shudder at the thought of a Popish king, and who had shed without pity the innocent blood of a Popish peer, now elbowed each other to get near a Popish altar, the accomplished Trimmer might, with some justice, indulge his solitary pride in that unpopular nickname.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
It is Nevil's perfect truthfulness that makes him appear worse to you than men who are timeservers.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
timeservers bowed the knee to so much power; the charitable accepted so splendid an atonement.
"The Great Miss Driver"
Anthony Hope