"Caviller" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... everywhere else, seems to be lost sight of when the Indians are considered. We discover that, although educated, they will not stay refined, that they are civilized, but will not remain moral. Behold, says the caviller, there is no good Indian until he dies, and even his friends complain that the young men will "go back" to gambling games and horse races. It is true that some measure of refinement and fine morals is peculiarly necessary to the Indians ...
— American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 3, March, 1896 • Various
... The caviller will say at once: "Could not someone else have done the work equally well—either a near relation in the other sphere or a ...
— Seen and Unseen • E. Katharine Bates
... Such reticence is rife with awful peril. In our folly and blindness, we fancy ourselves secure, while the ground is mined under our guilty feet, and the explosion is even now preparing, from which only our disjecta membra will emerge. Of course, some cold-hearted caviler will begin to quote instances of carefully-planned and promising conspiracies, which miscarried solely because the details reached a feminine ear. It may have been so; but I don't see what business conspiracies ...
— Sword and Gown - A Novel • George A. Lawrence
... me to the heart; I turned, and ran home to my closet, fell on my knees, and told the Lord what Ralph had been saying about Him; and besought Him, for the honor of His great name, to confound this caviler, and show forth the glory of His power and the greatness of His love. I pleaded with Him that He had encouraged His people to pray for rain, and that now the time seemed to have come for Him to show His power in this thing, and His faithfulness ...
— The Wonders of Prayer - A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer • Various
... them in their matter, form, and spirit; and, as a result of this process, it determines their merits and their defects. The end of literary criticism is not fault-finding but truth. The critic should be more than a censor or caviler. He should discover and make known whatever is commendable or excellent. At its best, criticism is not a mere record of general impressions but the statement of an intelligent judgment. It is not biased or vitiated by prejudice, ignorance, or self-interest; but, proceeding according to ...
— Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism • F. V. N. Painter |
