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Cupidity is matched against fear, and the odds of the game being in its favor, it wins. But if a moral motive is appealed to, the case is different. Many a man will tell a lie in the witness-box who would scruple to do so "on his honor"; many a man will lie before God who would scruple to deceive a friend.
Scott's correspondence must have been enormous, for his postage bills amounted to £150 per annum, besides the aid he received from franks, which with his natural economy he made no scruple in liberally using.
The tomahawk was too much for him Sir Ulick felt that it was fearful odds to stand fencing according to rule with one who would not scruple to gouge or scalp, if provoked.
"Rather an ugly place to tackle, Rodd, from the sea, but I suppose our fellows wouldn't scruple about making an attack if there were any need. But here, I think we had better get back on board." "Oh, not yet, uncle. I haven't half seen enough." "But I am getting sick of this tiresome wind," said Uncle Paul.
He had made Derrick's acquaintance in the Frontier campaign of a year before, and he parted the two without scruple, declaring he would not stand by and see a good chap like Derrick make a selfish beast of himself on such an occasion. Derrick gave place with a laugh and sought other partners. In the middle of the evening Toby Carey strolled up to Averil and bent down in a conversational attitude.
The ruler must be a despotic sovereign, and the mass of the people slaves, whose subsistence and whose lives are sacrificed without scruple to execute the fancies of the monarch, who is not so much the governor as the unrestricted owner of the country and the people.
Forthwith we began poking about in all directions with pieces of bamboo a small grove of which grew on the island. "Here is a hole," cried Natty at length, "and full of eggs, too. We will pay the crocodile off now for the fright he gave us." I confess at first I could scarcely bring myself to think of eating crocodile's eggs. Natty had no such scruple.
There is certainly nothing in them which you could have the slightest scruple about publishing, or which the relatives of those concerned can resent. Very sincerely yours, From Mr. E. Cheney St. Anne's Hill, Chertsey, October 31st. My dear Reeve, ... I have been reading Charles Greville with much interest and entertainment.
It took Ransom only a moment to recognise Miss Birdseye, though her back was turned to the house. She might be asleep; that was why Ransom moderated the process of his long legs as he came round through the house to join her. This precaution represented his only scruple. He stepped across the verandah and stood close to her, but she did not appear to notice him.
Yet, so far was he from supplying the wants of the young Hungarian, that he did not scruple to receive a share of the miserable pittance which that gentleman made shift to extort from the complaisance of a few companions, whose countenance he still enjoyed. Renaldo's life was now become a sacrifice to the most poignant distress.
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