A classical example of both faults may be found in Congreve's so-called comedy The Double-Dealer.

Maskwell is not only a double-dealer, but a tripleor quadruple-dealer; so that the brain soon grows dizzy in the vortex of his villainies.

It is the tricksters, the double-dealers, and the traitors, the men who profess to be on our side but who burrow in the dark against us, who trouble our peace.

To Henry Higden, Esq., on his translation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal X. To my dear friend, Mr Congreve, on his Comedy called "The Double-dealer" XI.

* EPISTLE X. TO MY DEAR FRIEND MR CONGREVE, ON HIS COMEDY CALLED "THE DOUBLE-DEALER.