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Had paper, as well as the implements of writing, lain upon the desk, perhaps my lawless curiosity would not have scrupled to have pried into it.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

Come, he is honest, at the least," I said, "whether Mrs. Micky would have scrupled or not.

From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

I am going," he said, "to tell you something which, a few years ago, I should have scrupled to tell.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

It was a card he would not have scrupled to play.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills

As no man was adventurous enough to contest his superiority, so scarcely any woman in this provincial circle would have scrupled to prefer his addresses to those of any other admirer.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William