Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Scruple
There are less worthy offerings, than the first scruple of an unscrupulous life. It is like the first pure drops that fall from a long turbid and dust-choked fountain.
—Ouida
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
There are less worthy offerings, than the first scruple of an unscrupulous life. It is like the first pure drops that fall from a long turbid and dust-choked fountain.
—Ouida