All the more might it be so in view of its scarceness, from the first.

It has been hinted that there was a reason for the scarceness of the plums in the plum-cake.

Books are to me instead of friends, I wish they did not resemble the latter in their scarceness.

Such are oxen, goats, and horses, which are much valued for their scarceness, but used without saddle, bridle, or trappings.

This fact, I think, is due to the abundance and cheapness of fuel in earlier, and its growing scarceness and dearness in later, ages.