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Hadgi-Achmet, our lord and master, here are two men who are quarrelling upon a question which thou only canst decide by thy profound wisdom.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia

"They are quarrelling like anything!" she exclaimed in a low, frightened voice.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Besides, it may be that the horde; living near Doroshenko's men, are quarrelling with them; it has always been so.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Already those who style themselves reformers are quarrelling amongst themselves.

From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn

In the fir-tree there, what a chattering and fluttering of gaily-painted wings!—three or four jays are quarrelling noisily.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard