caviller

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The injunction is multiplied on us, as it were, to silence the sophistry of the caviller, and to fix the most inconsiderate mind.

From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by Wilberforce, William

So caviller like I submitted to pow'r, And was coddled in troth for the third of an hour.

From A Season at Harrogate by Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara)

As to any mistakes I have made in computation, they are of little moment; and I shall not descend so low as to justify them against any caviller.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple

“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

In these discussions, although the caviller is heard with a tolerant courtesy, it is clear that faith is always in the ascendant.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel