| 单词 | of great quarrel | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasof great quarrel  c.  With adjective specifying the (degree of) legitimacy, importance, or reasonableness of a cause or ground of contention.  †of great quarrel: of importance (obsolete). ΚΠ a1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis 		(Fairf.)	  v. 2877 (MED)  				Ther mai no trewe querele arise In thilke queste. ?c1430						 (?1383)						    J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. 		(1871)	 III. 323 (MED)  				Alle mysdoeris..meyntenen a fals quarele aȝenst God and his seyntis. c1485						 (    G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys 		(2005)	 67  				Oft tymes..he yat has gude rycht, tynis the felde, and the wrang querele wynnis. c1515    Ld. Berners tr.  Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux 		(1882–7)	 xlix. 164  				By a iust quarell ye may go and make warre vpon hym. a1585    R. Maitland Maitland Q. iv. 47  				Men of law..Tak na euill querrellis be the end. 1590    T. Heneage in  H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men 		(1843)	 (Camden) 48  				Her Highness dowteth that yt may breed discredyt to dyvers of great quarrell. 1639    T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre  i. ix. 14  				Though umbrages and light jealousies..be too narrow to build a fair quarrel on. 1651    T. Hobbes Leviathan  ii. xix. 97  				Sufficient provision being taken, against all just quarrell. 1715    A. Pope tr.  Homer Iliad I.  iii. 309  				Perhaps their Sword some nobler Quarrel draws. 1797    Vision 5  				Farewell..Till suffering virtue, or religion's cause, The slumbering sword in juster quarrel draws. a1806    H. K. White Remains 		(1807)	 II. 117  				Me higher quarrel calls, with loudest song. 1863    J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace 		(1880)	 II. 25  				I would have the country go to war, with haste, in a good quarrel. 1914    E. A. B. Crowe Memorandum 31 July in  Brit. Docs. on Origins of War 		(1926)	 XI. 229  				The whole policy of the Entente can have no meaning if it does not signify that in a just quarrel England would stand by her friends. 1997    Miami Herald 		(Nexis)	 9 Mar. 4 l  				Those who knew Morgan may have a just quarrel with Abella's interpretation of his hero's motives. < as lemmas | 
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