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Updated: May 7, 2025
Private cabinets in possession of the scarcest maps, gave them up to the government, The suppression of the monasteries and abbeys caused to flow to the centre the geographical riches which they preserved in an obscurity hurtful to the progress of that important science: and thus the Depot de la guerre obtained one of the richest collections in Europe.
Under the reign of a prince, who practised the rigid maxims of economy, the expense of religious worship consumed a very large portion of the revenue a constant supply of the scarcest and most beautiful birds was transported from distant climates, to bleed on the altars of the gods; a hundred oxen were frequently sacrificed by Julian on one and the same day; and it soon became a popular jest, that if he should return with conquest from the Persian war, the breed of horned cattle must infallibly be extinguished.
I was given to understand that in the presents made by chiefs, a scarce variety of monkey is often the principal gift, and most esteemed. The scarcest monkey in Borneo is the proboscis, or long-nosed.
This is of that money, the scarcest coins of all the world, endued with all good properties in heaven and in earth, whereof it had been written, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts." Such alone are truly riches well-earned, well-saved, well-sanctified, well-spent.
In this region where white men were none too numerous, and women of their own kind scarcer yet, and girls scarcest of all, the presence here of the pair aroused in the young fellow a lively interest. He led Dick aside that their ponies might approach the pool. "Thank you; they are very thirsty," said the nearer girl, with a nod.
"You see," said Madison to the tip of his cigar, as he tilted back his chair and extended his legs full length with his heels comfortably up on the table edge, "you see, I believe in faith all right and that's no josh. But the trouble with faith is that it's about the scarcest article on earth and I haven't got any more Floppers to lead the way."
"By Jove," he said, his eyes glowing, "you must not risk finding me too obtuse." "Bravo!" she cried. "You are improving." "I could provide a splendid substitute for the friendship you speak of," he said coolly. "Poof! What is that to me? I could have a hundred lovers but, ach, friends are the scarcest things in the world. I prefer friendship. It lasts. There! I see disapproval in your face!
But the song's only a part of it. There must aye be a story to be told, and a character to be portrayed, and studied, and interpreted. I always accept a song that appeals to me, even though I may not think I can use it for a long time to come. Good ideas for songs are the scarcest things in the world, I've found, and I never let one that may possibly suit me get away from me.
But oh! there are again those stainless leaves that glide into the fingers of the Great Gatherer of Beauty, to find in His compassion and His mercy a refuge from the coldest blasts. The pity is that these last are, like the leaves of the Autumn trees, the scarcest in number; or, after all is the happy life of one summer month, price enough for a "forever" of withered beauty and faded grace?
"Somebody's coming," he whispered, and the six lay still in the bushes. They heard light footsteps, and three men, or rather two men and a boy, emerged from the shadows. The three were seeking the easiest path, and they marked where the trees and bushes were scarcest. It was with a shivering feeling of repugnance and anger that Henry recognized them, and the same feeling animated his comrades.
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