Sentence:  [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, <WSD>whining</WSD> hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.