31To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 29 July 1815 (Madison Papers)
...s re-appointment is something for the Gazettes to carp at; but the fate of Napoleon is,...
32To James Madison from Jonas Humbert Jr., 22 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
...and after undergoing all these difficulties to Carp at officers for takeing what the...
33“The Deformed and Handsome Leg” and “La Belle et la Mauvaise Jambe,” [before 23 November 1780] (Franklin Papers)
...little Attention may observe Signs of that carping fault-finding Disposition, and take the...
34Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1799 (Adams Papers)
...I am sometimes disposed to become a cynic & carp indiscriminately at all that fa[ll] in my way...
35To Thomas Jefferson from Jesse Morris, 21 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
...tyrany and ruthless oppression; While carping malevolence lifts its envenomed voice...
36To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 16 April 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
...found wanting as I already perceive a disposition to Carp at, & to elude such parts of the...
37From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 14 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
...greatest profusion of Shad, Herring, Bass, Carp, Perch Sturgeon &ca.” Nevertheless,...
38From George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 6 June 1757 (Washington Papers)
“A Return of the Provisions Arms Amonition Carp[ente]rs Tools &C. at Maidstone June 7th 1757...
39The Abbé Morellet’s Song in Honor of Independence Day, 4 July 1783 (Franklin Papers)
..., and hare. There were six mackerel, a ray, carp, eels, cod, flounder, sole, and one hundred...
40To James Madison from George Washington, 18 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
...duty and his desire to escape political carping, Washington looked to JM and others for...