caviller

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"The chief benefit conferred upon society and humanity by a large proportion of our population," he would have cynically observed to any caviller, "is by dying and becoming useful 'subjects.'"

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

He was no conceited or froward caviller at authority, nor born rebel against established teachers and governors.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John

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

For my temptation to think it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury.

From Emma by Austen, Jane

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