Qualm meant death, but our qualms of conscience have degenerated into mere twinges.

The Colonel began to have qualms about the double rations they were using.

Lanyard knew a qualm at seeing it, and looked hastily away.

" XX THE FATTED CALF Abe had no such qualms as Samuel.

" A certain resignation in the girl's soft voice brought Peter a qualm for laughing at her.

Still, having succeeded in doing so, I felt no qualms in making the best of the situation.

If a criminal is to be executed, we always find thousands, of both sexes and all ages, assembling to witness a fellow-creature's agony; and, though these curious personages often have sentimental qualms during the revolting spectacle itself, they never turn away their eyes, until satisfied with all that there is to be seen of the terrible, or the revolting.

But it seems clear enough that Sterne himself was troubled by no conscientious qualms on this subject.

"A startling discovery was made yesterday afternoon in the course of clearing out a watercress-bed near the erstwhile rural village of Sidcup in Kent; a discovery that will occasion many a disagreeable qualm to those persons who have been in the habit of regaling themselves with this refreshing esculent.