In all Virginia's history there had been no such invasion, for the wars of Opechancanough and Berkeley and the fight of Bacon against the Susquehannocks were mere bickers compared with this deliberate downpour from the hills.
"Salute to Adventurers"
John Buchan
"They say Elder bickers, over to East Sanscrit, 's been and got married again to a gal that's four year younger than his oldest daughter," proclaimed Mrs. Tobin presently.
"A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches"
Sarah Orne Jewett
The bickers and De Graeffs were no longer supreme in that city, where a new party under the leadership of Gillis Valckenier had acceded to power.
"History of Holland"
George Edmundson