Word: cavil
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...Barnum to Author Long's analysis, and so justify Asquith in diagnosing Bryan as "a peculiar product of your country." If by peculiar he meant curious, there are those in this country who would agree; if, which is more likely, he meant typical, there are those who would cavil. Not so Author Long, who writes a sympathetic though by no means fanatic account of the loves and hates, works and troubles, of the peculiar product...
...long from the tales of grue some that made the from pages of 1918 hideous is the acclaim that the Bremen's heroine crew has won in 1928. Whatever Germany's time in doffing her cuirass and carrying a dove on her wrist, she has succeeded beyond cavil in regaining a position of honor and trust among the nations. She has honestly endeavored to sustain a balance of concord in the world; and while other powers equivocate on treaties of peace, she has steadfastly backed them. One does not need to believe that this is altruism; it is enough that...
...with a beauty and feeling that belied the expedition of their handling. Between curtain calls after the last act, the garden of Portia's house at Belmont was changed to the tapestried hall of the same villa. The diction and the business are the characteristic handiwork of Winthrop Ames. Cavil at such a performance as this would not simply lack reason; it would...
...once that he moves among aristocrats. Ever since it opened last Fall the Fogg has given us interesting arrangements, but this time, from the heaped pomegranates on the offering tables to the elaborately careless distribution of pots in the cases, the setting up of the show is beyond all cavil...
...futile to cavil at trifles! After the first five minutes of your visit to fairyland, Iolanthe and her sisters will have captivated you completely, and you will find that you have gone back at least ten years. And inevitably you will join the ranks of those who sigh at the mention of either play and chortle "Oh, yes, the march of the Peers," or "When a coster leaves off beating up his mother...