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Definition of Qualms
1. qualm [n] - See also: qualm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Qualms
Literary usage of Qualms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times: A Fragment by George MacGregor, George Mac Gregor (1884)
"qualms of Conscience—The Murder of Mary Paterson and Escape of Janet Brown—Preservation
of the Fallen Beauty. IT is remarkable that at so early a period in ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"It was natural that some of the members of the Government should have qualms.
They knew that Austria (supported for defensive purposes by Prussia) was at ..."
3. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"... and others, he demurs to their expressions : they fail to understand—Mr.
Darwin's own qualms—" What makes a tuft of feathers come on a cock's head, ..."
4. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London, Snark (Ketch) (1915)
"My qualms are still insistent that I shall not squash a shell-backed monstrosity
full of blood that is white! Aboard the Snark, at sea, Society Islands to ..."
5. The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI and First Empire by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1881)
"... to Fersen—Count Roe- derer and the queen—Lodged in the Temple—Lucile Desmoulins—The
queen's sponges and brushes—A grand turn out—qualms of conscience. ..."
6. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by William Leon Dawson, Lynds Jones (1902)
"They afford less meat, however, than so many English Sparrows, and qualms of
conscience make p, or sauce. ..."
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