All 4 Uses of
scruples
in
Wuthering Heights
- He was a plain rough man; and he made no scruple to speak his doubts of her surviving this second attack; unless she were more submissive to his directions than she had shown herself before.†
Chpt 12 *
- 'And yet,' I interrupted, 'you have no scruples in completely ruining all hopes of her perfect restoration, by thrusting yourself into her remembrance now, when she has nearly forgotten you, and involving her in a new tumult of discord and distress.'†
Chpt 14
- Catherine perceived, as well as I did, that he held it rather a punishment, than a gratification, to endure our company; and she made no scruple of proposing, presently, to depart.†
Chpt 26
- 'We'll respect Catherine's filial scruples.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(scruples) ethical or moral principles that discourage certain kinds of action