Her own works praise her, and the mere flatterer's tongue is awed into respectful silence.

All that was best and worst in him concurred in despising the mere flatterer of the mob.

All others are mere flatterers and putters together of words.

"Art thou true friend, or mere flatterer to that spoilt child of fair fame and fortune?"

"He thinks I still love him," she thought, "and does not wish to be confounded with mere flatterers."