shoe-latchet

Wherefore I will not take of them from a thread to a shoe-latchet, lest they should say, We have made Abraham rich.

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

She is not for meddling with any thing that is theirs, from a thread even to a shoe-latchet.

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

Guesses at futurities were made from the falling of a crumb of bread out of one's mouth or a staff from a man's hand, from a person sneezing, or the breaking of a shoe-latchet.

The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales James Grant

God Most High, who hath created the world for the sake of the pious, that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine.

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913

And because he would not touch a shoe-latchet of the spoils, his descendants cast their shoe upon

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913

Think you, that you might kill my brother, whose shoe-latchet were too high for you?

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Ibsen may not untie a shoe-latchet in the interest of truth, while English burlesque managers may put an army of girls into tights.

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

He did not understand, and as he did not understand he explained volubly -- for here he felt he was on sure ground -- that, on the contrary, she had much to forgive, that he had acted like an infernal blackguard, that men were coarse brutes, not fit to kiss a good woman's shoe-latchet, etc., etc.

Red Pottage Mary Cholmondeley 1892

His body was covered with cuts and scratches; his guilt was discovered, and the dowry returned to the last shoe-latchet.

The Book of Delight and Other Papers Israel Abrahams 1891

When, for instance, they who were saved by him would put the spoils at his disposal, he rejected all, even to "a thread and a shoe-latchet."

NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889