caviller

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Since then there has been no more persistent caviller at the Irish policy and the Irish Party in company where he believed such cavilling paid.

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry

To the merely fanciful caviller at the result of this attempt, it would be a prostitution of time and patience, even if one had both in the requisite quantity, to offer a reply.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

The caviller will perhaps ask, concerning some of the rambling observations contained in this chapter, and the subject which has called them forth, Cui bono?

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

The philosophic pessimist is not a fretful and malignant caviller who sneers at the follies of others because he thinks himself so much wiser than they.

From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie

“Why does not God keep the Sabbath?” a caviller asked of a Jew.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus