And yet, superior as the former method may be to the latter in point of celerity and directness, the latter has certain advantages over the former that ought to be evident to men who are not frightened by having their scrupulousness called scrupulosity.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
He was much struck by the scrupulousness with which Major Throckmorton went through the service, which the Rev.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
Nor doubt I, in this case, that, instead of presuming to reflect upon her for credulity, as loving me to her misfortune, and for hoping against probability, thou wouldest have been readier, by far, to censure her for nicety and over-scrupulousness.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson