There were also delays, hesitations and cavils at home, which were more inexplicable.
Some cavils have been made against his French, but none of much weight or importance.
I had some cavils about the Danse Infernale, whose ethnic roots are very visible.
Despite any cavils this is a good popular introduction for newcomers who want to know about the history and current beliefs of ley hunters.
Yet Hofland's defense of the ideology of gender spheres is not so superannuated that it cavils at the role of women as writers.