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  • The Reflexion is awful—and in this point of view, How trifling, how ridiculous, do the little, paltry cavillings, of a few weak or interested men appear, when weighed against the business of a world.†  (source)
  • What other cavils have been raised against Homer, are such as hardly deserve a reply, but will yet be taken notice of as they occur in the course of the work.†  (source)
  • And for all her infectious lightness of heart, I knew it was an extremely petty cavil that Kitsey never seemed very moved by anything.†  (source)
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  • I am too gratified to get such a mark of your friendship at any price to cavil at the tone.†  (source)
  • I actually reached a point where I said to myself, right out loud, like a lunatic, If I hear just one more picky, cavilling, unconstructive word out of you, Franny Glass, you and I are finished—but finished.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ING".
  • DOGMATIST I'll not be led by any lure Of doubts or critic-cavils: The Devil must be something, sure,—Or how should there be devils?†  (source)
  • They cavilled about sharing the twenty guineas.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ED".
  • it is to cavil at the fagot on the score of the amount of cooking received by heretics;†  (source)
  • None, that is, worthy of anything but cavilling mention.†  (source)
  • Where are your cavils about the soul now?†  (source)
  • "What did we say Simpson's was?" asked Morel; and the butties cavilled for a minute over the dayman's earnings.†  (source)
  • To Eofor and Wulf with wide-lavished treasures, To each of them granted a hundred of thousands [101] 50 In land and rings wrought out of wire: {His gifts were beyond cavil.†  (source)
  • Now that the refusal came, and that in terms so decided as to put all cavilling out of the question; if not absolutely dumbfounded, he was so much mortified and surprised as to feel no wish to attempt to change her resolution.†  (source)
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