| 单词 | bashfulness |
| 例句 | A bashfulness came over Javier, and Moss appreciated that he wasn’t the only vulnerable one in the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Poor Laurie didn’t know where to look, for, man though he was, something of the old bashfulness came over him as this burst of praise made all faces turn approvingly upon him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He felt a wave of bashfulness pass over him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Laurie’s bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo’s gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced up long enough to smile at the swineherd, then dropped her eyes again, making such a picture of awkward bashfulness that I was almost fooled myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Caroline’s lips were trembling with a mixture of fear and bashfulness. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It so happened that Beth’s funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A painter nearing 80 and recuperating from a hip replacement, he has the imperiousness and bashfulness of a lion in winter. Review: In ‘Fern Hill,’ Scene-Stealing for the Common Good 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Neither would give their last names, out of a combination of bashfulness and distrust in the media. The president is sick but his followers feel great 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z An appearance on Wogan in 1991 went down in the annals of excruciating TV: Lloyd was perfectly polite, but near mute with bashfulness. Christopher Lloyd: a reticent Hollywood icon speaks 2010-04-01T20:30:00Z The two boys share a combination of bashfulness and optimism as they embark on an adventure unlike anything either has attempted before. Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s a joy, for instance, to watch him suggest Beau’s self-conscious bashfulness after his first night with Rufus. Review: ‘Gently Down the Stream,’ a Romance and a Gay History Tour 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z What I most remember feeling in the presence of God was bashfulness. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z At the performance I saw, he was played with an endearing bashfulness by Edward Mawere, making a beautiful Off Broadway debut. Review: Counting on Compassion in ‘one in two’ 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Isaac was raised in what he has called a "very Christian" household, and there is a thick band of bashfulness sandwiched between the confidence and the new-found celebrity. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z Cavendish’s self-portrait included a searching meditation on her crippling fear of social groups and her extreme bashfulness. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z When his friends play their trick on him, forcing him to acknowledge his feelings for his longtime antagonist, this Benedick’s face is endearingly swamped by giddiness, bashfulness and sentiment. A good bet: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Synetic Theater 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z There are a number of stories pertaining to Dickie's bashfulness. Kate Dickie: 'I've been angst-ridden all my life' 2010-12-02T23:00:00Z The peony is considered a symbol of shame or bashfulness, Othoniel explains. Check Out Jean-Michel Othoniel’s Site-Specific Sculptures at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Then, joined in a ring by a dozen or so beginner cellists, Mr. Kanneh-Mason sometimes seemed almost overcome with bashfulness as he led a genial little master class. The Sheku Effect: A Classical Music Star Rises 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z But bashfulness is no longer necessary for the man who for a decade played the fumbling, stammering Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. Matthew Lewis Can’t Believe He’s a Romantic Lead, Either 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z As it turned out, at least some of Leeuwenhoek's acquaintances in Delft shared his bashfulness about male bodily fluids. The scientist who discovered sperm was so grossed out he hoped his findings would be repressed 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z It was thrust upon him, he said, a calling that required him to transcend survivor’s guilt and bashfulness. 67 years after Emmett Till’s funeral, his best friend remembers him 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Zanardi, showing a hint of bashfulness, considers every step “another chapter in a fairy tale of a life.” Zanardi defies disability to inspire racing’s biggest stars 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The delay is certainly not due to bashfulness. Death, division and denial as US embassy opens in Jerusalem 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Back in her room, there’s a whole treasure trove of Olympic pins, a reward for overcoming her bashfulness in the Olympic village. “Shy kid” Karen Chen has a plan for fighting off nerves 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Perhaps, Dr. Found thinks, shy elk gain an advantage over bold elk and compensate for their bashfulness by accepting magpies. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Her tone later changed into gratitude and, finally, bashfulness as the curtain call went on. Flowers, Flowers and More Flowers: How a Star Ballerina Says Goodbye 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Just don’t tell him he’s a star, because he will shake his head and grin with genuine bashfulness. Predators' Mike Fisher has developed his own star power in Nashville 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z To hear the players tell it, they let Stafford and the Lions take it by falling victim to the most annoying late-game habit in football: defensive bashfulness. The defense carried the Redskins until it could no longer shoulder the load 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z A sampled speaker on the latter talks about tagging stuff and impressing girls with a mixture of hubris and bashfulness. Time eaters: reviewing new albums from Lone, Flume, and Gold Panda 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Which is what he did, he says, putting away any bashfulness and opening his mind to people’s suggestions and critiques. St. Joseph comic book artist develops fan following 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z After a bit of bashfulness, some visitors rose to demand more liberal immigration laws, while others declared that in a world full of would-be migrants, America “can’t just be Mr Nice Guy”. Imitation games 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z He’s in his mid-30s but projected such bashfulness that he seemed 10 or 15 years younger. Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? 2013-05-08T11:00:24Z If anything, it speaks of as much crippling bashfulness at taking a personal risk as randomly going home with whoever looks suitably drunk at the end of a party. Online dating: Britain's only hope 2012-11-27T14:16:38Z Some degree of bashfulness and embarrassment in dealing with people, especially those regarded by him as of superior worth, may be considered an actual asset in the life of the growing boy. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Barrington was the most diffident of men; his bashfulness amounted to actual pain. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z That combination of high-heartedness and bashfulness, a blended temerity and timidity,—by no means an uncommon temperament,—renders a man's position in the embarrassments of life one of downright suffering. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The origin of Robin Oakapple's bashfulness may possibly be traced back to "The Married Couple," in which the pair were betrothed in infancy, as also happens in "Princess Ida." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z You will find it one of the very best plans for correcting bashfulness. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Fear shows its most interesting aspects in the form of what has been called social sensitiveness; that is, bashfulness, shyness, reticence, and the like. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z And in her growing bashfulness she glanced at him angrily. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Indeed, from all accounts, she had that peculiar winning bashfulness that is so attractive among certain of the children of nature. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Whereupon Sylvia, overcoming her bashfulness, concluded she, too, wanted to go with the green bird. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z Flora looked at her friend with gentle bashfulness as Aranka handed over her letter, and blushed like a red rose all the time she was perusing it. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z This bashfulness will give him a rich inner experience of doubts and fears, and of hopes and triumphs. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z But she was disappointed; and in a minute or two, after gazing with a bold bashfulness this way and that, she went back into the room, her spirits feeling the reaction. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z He would have put his arm round her, thinking to overcome her bashfulness, thinking that this was but maidenly pride, waiting to be conquered. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Min� blushed like a tea-rose at finding herself thus boldly haranguing a trio of grizzled pates, and flinging herself down by her mother's side in sudden bashfulness, buried her hot face in her bosom. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z She expected from the chaste Meta the blush of soft virgin bashfulness, which announces the novitiate in love; and then a full resignation of herself to the maternal will. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Thus urged, the unwilling composer was hauled to the piano and pressed on to the music-stool, where, with many protestations and much bashfulness, she sang the following song: SHOO! A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z In the second place he was a millionaire, and had no bashfulness about advertising the fact. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z He might be very glad, but, after all, he seemed a little afraid, and a kind of bashfulness grew upon him as he shook hands with her. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z A blush of gratified vanity served to add piquancy to her beauty, as, with an engaging air of bashfulness that went well with long lashes and sly glances, she seemed to deprecate attention. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z My friend, who never dismissed any supplicant unheard, patiently enquired into a tale which was rendered almost unintelligible by the uncouth dialect and national bashfulness of the narrator. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z It was more than likely due to pure bashfulness. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z At first his extreme bashfulness kept him from understanding the lady's aim and tactics. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Other women did not altogether follow her example, for Guert showed a little bashfulness, there were so many of them; but he shook hands quite freely with the boys and girls. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The latter modestly lowered her eyes to the ground with her head a little bent and her cheeks red from bashfulness, although it pleased her no little to hear the praises of her beauty. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I gave it to him against my will, from bashfulness, from timidity. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z His bashfulness and timidity was gradually giving way to a feeling of self-confidence, and he began to exult over his ability to stand alone. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Nay, the bashfulness became rather on his side at the betrayal of his own ignorance to a young girl, capable, through superior education, of correcting his slips and errors. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z He was admitted to an audience and walked upstairs to the tall white drawing-room without trepidation or bashfulness. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z They followed their friends, Ellis coming first; Griffin, with not unnatural bashfulness, preferring to keep in the background. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z For Frau Sorge is a careful study and analysis of bashfulness, a characteristic that causes more exquisite torture to many boys and girls than is commonly recognised. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z She had been saying that each Saturday, for several decades, and each Saturday Pierre experienced bashfulness and delight, whenever he heard that. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z M. Palavicini credited a pair of orangs which he had in his possession in 1759 with the still more remarkable quality in animals of bashfulness. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z After a moment's hesitation due, no doubt, to bashfulness, the latter assented, and in a trice the whole party went whooping and holloaing in the direction of the Blue Boar. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Although, owing to the generous welcome given them, all reserve and bashfulness had vanished long before the dinner, yet the coziness of a winter afternoon indoors made them chatty and even confidential. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Many of us, when we laugh at a boy's bashfulness, are brutal, when we mean to be merely jocular. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Frank did so, rather reluctantly, and seated himself with unwonted bashfulness on the edge of a chair. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z She longed to take one glove off; yet she—she, who had met Roy by the stile at night—for very bashfulness dared not. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z He was naturally diffident, and even to the day of his death, when in crowds, and not speaking or acting, and conscious of being observed, he seemed to shrink with bashfulness. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z Under his friends' influence he had gradually lost much of his bashfulness. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z To act secretly, with a bashfulness which wounds the sense of honour and thus injures the character? The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z If I know your thoughts, madam, 'tis in vain for you to disguise them to me: Therefore, as you tender your own satisfaction, lay them open without bashfulness. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Gifts of understanding for her he had: had he that gift too, the gift of her own bashfulness back again? The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Several of the women advanced bearing long garlands, and, to the undisguised bashfulness of the three lads, placed the flowing chains round the necks of their visitors. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z “Mevrouw,” he said, suddenly, overcoming his bashfulness, “I hope you were not angry that I was so ungracious yesterday?...” The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z But as to Mr. Smith, I do believe it's all bashfulness with him. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Madam, madam, that bashfulness must be laid aside: Not but that I know your business perfectly; and will, if you please, unfold it to you all immediately. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z To enable you to conquer your diffidence, or caprice, on month I will give you;—one month I will allow to the struggles of maiden bashfulness, or the wayward humour of your sex. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z He was the most comic mixture of simplicity, stupidity, cunning, timidity, and bashfulness; but the strangest thing was that the convicts never laughed, or seriously mocked him—they only teased him for amusement. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Her features betrayed the complicated emotions that successively possessed her—perplexity, anxiety, bashfulness. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z I almost started when I saw it; this form inspired me with a singular feeling, and bashfulness kept me from lingering long near so sweet a sight. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z But Blanche's desires were mingled with that timidity, that bashfulness, which accompany a first love. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z On this occasion he was splendidly attired, and the bride, elegantly but simply dressed, wanted not the borrowed aid of ornament, but, arrayed in maiden bashfulness and artless purity, appeared all native loveliness. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z “There is a Mr. McGee who lives here—yes,” he answered, choking with bashfulness. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z The shy bashfulness of Joan recoiled at the bare thought of marriage. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z Jean Paul, like Laurence Sterne, reveals in his writings his own personality, and lays bare his own human frailties; but yet with a certain awkward bashfulness, especially in sexual matters. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z A farmer's lad, of about fourteen, came up to us in the church-yard, and entered into a conversation, which he conducted without bashfulness, and with the greatest propriety. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z I felt a certain bashfulness of soul which hindered the full expression of my feelings, so I strove to shroud them under the garb of thoughts. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z “Are you willing to try it?” he asked, bowing before Nancy, who little knew what struggles between bashfulness and courage now rent his soul. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z For a quarterback known for his bashfulness and for avoiding the spotlight, there were no regrets. Usually Reserved Manning Opens Up 2011-08-20T15:28:08Z Poor Laurie didn't know where to look; for, man though he was, something of the old bashfulness came over him as this burst of praise made all faces turn approvingly upon him. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z He recalled that walk in the cherry-garden and the cuckoo, and those questions which he gave the bird, and the bashfulness of Helena. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Nor do we accept as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The youth struggled bravely with his bashfulness, and presently turned to her. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The princess readily fell into this insidious booby-trap, and confessed the violence of her attachment, and how she had striven to acquaint Mr Bhosh with her sentiments but was rendered inarticulate by maidenly bashfulness. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Laurie's bashfulness soon wore off; for Jo's gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten, and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Jake, in a medley of superstitious terror, infatuation, and bashfulness, was at a loss how to begin and, indeed, what to say. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z But her bashfulness and her indifference to men's society had so far protected her. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z I only saw her at that devil's tourney at Helsingborg, where you took the prize from me, and I could not say a single word to her from sheer bashfulness. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z When they found, however, how they were bound to the armour-hooks, and beheld the king with Count Henrik just opposite them, they demeaned themselves most strangely, betwixt fear and bashfulness. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z It so happened that Beth's funny loan was just the thing; for, in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z In the curiosity with which we looked at each other was hidden the undefined bashfulness of a youth and a maiden. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Her emotion was too powerful to permit bashfulness to take any part in it; she sought his eye, and met it. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z The moment was one of the few in Mr Bloxam’s life in which he experienced the sensation of bashfulness. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The boys came straggling in at the first notes of Helen’s violin, and there were no medals on Ike Stedman for bashfulness at first. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z I tell you, it's just foolishness and the meanest kind o' bashfulness. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Hi-eul, on his part, despite his bashfulness and the timidity natural to his age, could not help gazing intently upon Lin-in; it seemed as though nature was revealing his father to him. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z We perceive that even this stern champion of his vernacular idiom confesses that “he may want at time, being imperfect, and must borrow with bashfulness.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Therefore, kind reader, do not judge us too severely; for know, O chary one! that extreme bashfulness and modesty have always been considered two of our principal failings! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The last-named of these handicaps he outgrew but late in life, still later did he get over his bashfulness, and his eccentricity never left him. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Perhaps my manner, as I say, didn't appear very dangerous; anyway, after this her bashfulness seemed to vanish, and we walked back to the village as comfortable as you please. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Conscious superiority of mind taught him to associate with the great, the learned, and the gay, without being overawed into any such bashfulness as might have rendered him confused in thought, or hesitating in elocution. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z Apt, bright, full of intelligence, yet gentle, and troubled with a shy bashfulness at times, which sprang from pride rather than timidity, she was a wonder to everybody that saw her. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Well," said Sancho, "see if you would have any thing else; if you would, do not let fear or bashfulness be your hindrance. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Travel three years, and bring home such a baby as bashfulness! The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z But modesty should be distinguished from an awkward bashfulness, and silence should be only enjoined, when it would be forward and impertinent to talk. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z It was therefore passing strange that Monsieur le Duc d'Aumont still felt an unaccountable bashfulness in her presence when referring to the Stuart prince at all. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z He found himself while in her presence hampered by a self-consciousness amounting to bashfulness. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z Sir," said she, casting her eyes on the ground with a decent bashfulness, "I cannot tell you before so many people what I have so much reason to wish may be kept a secret. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z In our language the word meaning "shame" and "bashfulness" are identical and the sense is only modified by a slight difference in construction. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Then, in a tremulous voice he asked her what her name was, and the little maiden, who had shown no fear at all, nor any bashfulness, answered that her name was Aileen. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z His feeling of bashfulness had entirely left him and he felt not a little wrathful at this strange rôle which he was being made to play. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Overcoming his bashfulness, he pushed open the store door and entered. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z In speaking, he showed an uncommon modesty, which went even the length of bashfulness. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z And he refused me—yes, refused me; for there was no maiden bashfulness in the terms of my offer. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Unless, I thought whimsically, daylight afflicts travelers with bashfulness. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z But there was yet another equally strong motive in that very complex nature—a motive stronger than obstinacy—compelling him in spite of himself, and this was his bashfulness. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z In fact, bashfulness and over-sensitiveness are two of the undesirable failings eliminated by Woodcraft, so that a child can do what is expected of it without the agony brought out by self-consciousness. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z She had run to meet him from a bashfulness before company, and had embraced him sooner than he her. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z He hesitates with the bashfulness of a young husband. trenchard helps him out with a citizen's bow of respect for a citizen's duty. trenchard. Indeed. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z That little trick came to her from sheer timidity and bashfulness long ago. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z So through the woods they went together but his tender manner, his awe of her and his bashfulness bothered her. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z What a paradisiacal mingling of unaffected shyness and overflowing friendliness, stillness and fire, of bashfulness and grace of movement, of playful kindness, of silent consciousness! Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z "Well, well; anything, anything; thanks, just for once, only once;" and he selected one, with a playful bashfulness. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z "Yes, sir," was the reply, in a tone slightly tremulous, which he ascribed to maiden bashfulness. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Her sympathy and her charming bashfulness did not fail to touch the heart of the convalescent. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z She stands well back from Geoffrey, and then, without any of the foolish, unlovely bashfulness that degenerates so often into awkwardness in the young, begins her dance. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z At this time, I saw some days of sorrow; my heart was troubled, and I suffered much in consequence of fear, bashfulness, and timidity. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Indeed, he had bidden him plead his own cause, but the lover's bashfulness could not be overcome. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z True, Fr�ulein Margaret sometimes treats me rather strangely--inconsiderately, I may say; but that is nothing but the usual bashfulness of young girls. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z I have since faced many audiences, and long conquered the maiden bashfulness of a first appearance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Mr. Coffin sought out our unknown hero, and gave him such a vigorous invitation to speak that his hesitancy, and bashfulness, and backwardness were all entirely overcome, and Fred. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z So he overcame any bashfulness, and put his nose into another sap-trough, and it was empty in a twinkling. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z He represented him as being of immense size but extreme bashfulness. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z It was the second time to-day his chosen one had fled from him, and such bashfulness began to be inconvenient. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z He was prevented from doing so by an unconquerable feeling of bashfulness; and he had no example to guide him, inasmuch as she was different from other women. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z How she looked at me with her, wonderful eyes, half pitying, half contemptuous, as if she meant to say: I do you a great favor if I leave you alone with your bashfulness! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The son knew little of the language, and from bashfulness or other cause failed to present the sword to Washington. Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison 2010-12-20T17:12:10.847Z Then we turned our faces to Mexico with bashfulness and wonder as those dozens of Mexican cats watched us from under their secret hatbrims in the night. The Mexican Border?s Lost World 2010-07-31T19:27:00Z The merchants sat with them; and so also did Ghánim the son of Eiyoob; but he was overcome by bashfulness, saying within himself, I cannot quit them until I have departed with them. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments But he did not venture to claim his money, through a feeling of bashfulness, and also through a fear that it would be fruitless. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Another change had also come with cleanliness and clothing–a sudden bashfulness. The Girl From Tim's Place How the look of jealousy, combined with sarcasm, substituted those of love and bashfulness! Irene Iddesleigh Oh, Master Blackwell!" says madam, in girlish bashfulness, allowing hersel at the same time to be led off "only think what our friends will say, should they hear of us being there! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Though not without some confidence in my acquirements, as you may see, I have ever had a sort of shamefaced bashfulness about me, that has done me infinite harm. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 He did not refer to her, restrained by a feeling of bashfulness. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z It was strange, too, that a youngster who could hold his own so fairly in an encounter of wits with Anna should be suddenly overtaken by one-syllable bashfulness when left alone with Eleanor. The Great Mogul Gerda, red as a rose, walked back from the platform, blushing now with real bashfulness, instead of her old nervous apprehension. The School by the Sea A kind of virgin bashfulness prevented them from speaking to him when they saw him getting out on the wrong side of his clothes. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry A shred of bashfulness still hung about him, but he was growing up fast—expanding like a flower beneath the sun. The Gay Adventure A Romance To her, he talked without bashfulness, and for her he felt vast sorrow. The Key to Yesterday As I come up, he is delineating a lady of portentous plainness, who sits and sniggers with a dreadful bashfulness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 A fit of bashfulness and blushing might be very agonizing to the new-comer, but it was distinctly diverting to outsiders. The School by the Sea Unless we cower in sweet bashfulness before your great words and beards, we are not worthy to be loved by your great souls. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Magnhild allowed it to stand untouched, but the governess, who so well understood this bashfulness, attended to having it opened. Magnhild Dust "I could grow eloquent over my gifts, if it were not that my bashfulness might embarrass me." Tony Butler Great bashfulness, united to great boldness, timidity, and distrust, were there side by side with a rash, impetuous nature that would hesitate at nothing in pursuit of an object. The Fortunes Of Glencore As she led me to the curtain, I suddenly realized her intention, and a very agony of bashfulness seized upon me. Life on the Stage She was covered with bashfulness, and dreaded to seem even to be interested in his affairs. Ayala's Angel It was breathed from every manifestation of your bashfulness. Magnhild Dust All the woman's bashfulness disappeared with this announcement. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Munificence is the mean between pettiness and vulgar profusion, good temper between spiritlessness and irascibility, politeness between rudeness and obsequiousness, modesty between shamelessness and bashfulness, temperance between insensibility and intemperance. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Alison, who had been taking violin lessons, played in a quartette and acquitted herself very creditably, in spite of a sudden panic of bashfulness. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Not even though she was delirious did the sentiment of bashfulness desert this young creature. Maximina I remember well with what mingled bashfulness and pride I entered the room, with Margot holding my hand. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience There may have been even a hint of virgin bashfulness in them as well, during that moment he glanced at the Princess Gabrielle. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium To one who has reason to hold a stubborn disbelief in even the elementary morality of the native press, this bashfulness and lack of enterprise is amusing. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel To my pleased inquiries as to the cause of his return, he finally murmured with pretty bashfulness, "I were homesick for you!" Mothering on Perilous Miguel, cautious of speaking about themselves, because he noticed that it embarrassed Maximina, turned the conversation to some pleasing subject and tried to make her laugh, so that her natural bashfulness might wear away. Maximina And here was undeniably a boy, whose very bashfulness and naïveté bore witness that he had not entirely grown up. Leerie You will make such a nice, cheerful, good-tempered wife!” cried Hope bravely; whereat Miss Minnie indulged in an elephantine byplay of bashfulness, and ran rustling down the staircase. The Daughters of a Genius Sonnenkamp at once lost his character of modesty and bashfulness; here was a question of money; here he was master. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine But——” The lad paused, colored, and was seized by a fit of his old bashfulness. Dorothy on a House Boat It is obvious that boys thus trained will not look upon an occasional period of militia service with the bashfulness of raw recruits, nor yet with the ennui of veteran soldiers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Hearing the visitors come up the steps, she opened the door with great bashfulness, but yet with not a little pleasure, and welcomed them. Black Forest Village Stories But when half an hour after their arrival they gathered about a splendidly appointed luncheon table, their embarrassment turned to positive bashfulness. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam But he crept under her chair, with his tail so depressed, in his extreme bashfulness, that the point of it came out between his forelegs. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Portland, Ore. If this bashfulness holds good socially, it emphatically does not commercially. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making All this time imagine Florry, pale as a corpse, or scarlet, either half fainting or in a fever, dying to burst in with an angry indignation, and yet restrained by maiden bashfulness. A Rent In A Cloud Boys otherwise noted for their bashfulness here made speeches in presence of the parson, the teacher, and the squire. Black Forest Village Stories The deferential bashfulness that could not hint at the mention of money, now talks boldly of his debt. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life My natural bashfulness, nay, a kind of childish timidity, had kept me from the society of ladies, while the particular direction of my mind resisted every ebullition of rude passion. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Yes, my young friend, in the clear, warm air of southern Germany you will soon lay aside your bashfulness; the youthful maidens will soon render you easy and talkative. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. I can see him now, as he stood up so proudly, forgetting his bashfulness in his righteous indignation,—and we all applauded him, I am glad to say. Almost a Woman "But you are cold," said Edward, mistaking his modest demeanor for bashfulness. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier She pictured to herself his pride, her sister's bashfulness, the stranger's pretended admiration! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The beautiful Margaret endeavoured to overcome my bashfulness by loose jests, but the whole woman was repulsive to me, and the bashful Maria had gained my heart for ever. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors He was also at the age when bashfulness held him in reserve, even though he were in love and intensely emotional. The "Genius" All his bashfulness abandoned him: he not only laid his own desires before Master Martin, fully and unhesitatingly, but begged him to take Reinhold into his service too. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. I was astounded; I had never seen Francezka overcome with bashfulness before. Francezka “It will come out that which I feel here,” touching his breast, said Patrick Henry, when, after many struggles to conquor his modesty, and bashfulness, astonished, for the first time, an audience, burning with patriotism. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America "Yes, sir," she said, and all her bashfulness left her. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Let me lay aside all bashfulness, which might close my lips. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II He had twice stepped towards the cottage door, and twice drawn back, as if influenced by some unaccountable feeling—timidity, perhaps, or bashfulness; and yet the bearing of the man gave little indication of either. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Steele, in the Tatler, refers to Wren's vexations, and attributes them to his modesty and bashfulness. Old and New London Volume I With a slight bashfulness Mr. Carville turned, and making a vague introductory gesture, pronounced our names. Aliens And so he quite outgrew the bashfulness that had clung to him formerly; he went about freely, holding up his head, and some song was always on his lips. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Fairfax was once more enveloped in his garb of bashfulness, and attended strictly to the driving, letting the task of entertaining their guests fall upon his mother. Peggy Owen and Liberty “Be bold, for number cancels bashfulness; Extremes, from which a King would blushing shrink, Unblushing senates act as no excess.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors He on his side continued to advance with similar signals of distress and bashfulness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) "Dismiss bashfulness from thee, since all this is designed to render thee more acceptable in the eyes of the Princess Bedeea," said the Jinnee. The Brass Bottle Fausch and Cain walked with lowered heads, the smith, because it was his surly fashion, the boy, through bashfulness, because he knew that now all eyes and tongues were busy with him once more. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 It was thy duty to cure such a fine fellow of bashfulness. Peggy Owen and Liberty For the first time since certain boyhood fits of bashfulness, he now realized the aptness of that oft-read expression, “rooted to the spot.” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 He stopped on his way to 63 the door, looking at her with awkward bashfulness as she stood there flushed and brilliant in her tossed state, scarcely a yard between them. The Bondboy The slight tone of bashfulness, the scarcely perceptible hesitation, was considered perfectly in place. Shirley At once it seemed utterly different, giving an impression of bashfulness and timidity that contrasted with the boldness or the caution of the others. The Peace of Roaring River Nurse Johnson laughed heartily, well knowing that these girls liked her boy, and that such teasing as they indulged in was partly girlish fun, and partly a desire to cure him of his bashfulness. Peggy Owen and Liberty That glass of hot whiskey-and-water, though it enhanced the melancholy tenderness of the young man, robbed him of his bashfulness, and loosened the strings of his tongue. Marion Fay "Come in, Dorothy," commanded Mr. Bryan, inwardly highly amused at the girl's bashfulness in venturing in when she saw a stranger seated at the board. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover You can safely smile at him with less bashfulness! Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts “We’re not even officially engaged,” she denied, coldly, not pitying his bashfulness at all, nor bent to assist him in delivering what lay on the end of his tongue. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek He did not suffer from Toby’s complaint of bashfulness. The Twins of Suffering Creek Suddenly a little fair-haired girl came up to him with 230 a show of bashfulness. The Spoilers of the Valley "I will forgive you, dear, if you will be kind to me in the future," he whispered, taking courage from her sweet shyness and bashfulness. The Masked Bridal Doth the texture have its dye From some blushing bashfulness? Enamels and Cameos and other Poems The girl was a slight little thing, who carried herself gracefully, without bashfulness. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage Lord Lytton, as an accomplished man of the world, was of course free from any awkward bashfulness; and at the very first interview was ready to meet Fitzjames half-way. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Rose’s bashfulness had entirely disappeared, but she was blushing profusely. The Tale of Timber Town "Why, Mother," answered Fred, getting over his bashfulness, now that the secret was out, "it was all about treating those who were beneath us with kindness." Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls With mixed emotions in his soul, Dud went; his countenance enlivened at one and the same time with a blush of boyish bashfulness and a malicious grin. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Of a nymph her face “Was such, you must believe the form to live, “And move, if not by bashfulness restrain'd. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The tenor of some of the verses induce us to believe that he never told his love; but, as we have already surmised, was prevented by his bashfulness. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services She arose in the dignity of a true woman, as if the importance of her mission so absorbed her thoughts that timidity or bashfulness were too mean to entangle the mental powers. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III His strict propriety of demeanour bordered on maiden bashfulness: a serious and temperate soul spoke from his calm eyes. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Sam's bashfulness was happily not of the uncompromising kind, therefore he not only found Faith, but she found him—ready to claim her promise—the very moment she was ready to go. Say and Seal, Volume I The ladies are arrived: and you know my bashfulness in female society. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance "All right, go on, old fellow, just a drop more brandy to encourage your bashfulness, eh!" laughed Frank. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies And Gershom even forgot that painful bashfulness of his when he fell to talking about the planets. The Prairie Child However, in spite of my bashfulness and appearance, I used, now and then, to thrust myself into Will's to have the pleasure of seeing the most celebrated wits of that time, who then resorted thither. All About Coffee A sort of bashfulness decked her as with a veil that gives added beauty to its wearer. The Frontier These gentlemen, as well as almost every one of their predecessors, are strangers to me; and you know my bashfulness and confusion in such sort of company. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance In the whole expression of the young man's face there were mingled characteristics of deep sadness and childish bashfulness. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story All the little cottage-girls whom we met, carrying their jugs and pitchers of water, curtseyed and wished us good morning with the prettiest air of bashfulness and good humour imaginable. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot I suppose that my teacher concluded that she had cured me of my bashfulness. A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes She hid her face again, as though seized with a sudden feeling of bashfulness, and Philippe saw, between her fingers, her crimson forehead and cheeks. The Frontier Shamefacedness is derived from aidos in the Greek, and has “modesty” and “bashfulness” for its primary meaning. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Under the influence of the attracted attention, Lija blushed, and answered softly, with a certain amount of bashfulness: "In the hut of Abel Karaim, standing on the hill of the Karaites." An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story My listener was seated upon the low ottoman directly before me; but from motives of bashfulness I had kept my eyes averted during the time I was speaking. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Thus, the bashfulness that may arise from his greatness or his ability, he should remove by showing his great love and affection for her. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks It may, indeed, be physically related to that transient bashfulness which haunts so many of us in our younger days only to vanish at maturity, swift as the belated ghost at cockcrow. Apologia Diffidentis There was not one but dared to ask, even though she would not speak her lover's name for bashfulness. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts On his face there was no longer timidity and bashfulness. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Nothing came of the young man, who was bashful, and to whom Miss Hotspur certainly gave no entertainment of a nature to remove his bashfulness. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite When the intentions of the girl are known, and her bashfulness put aside, the man should begin to make use of her money, and an interchange of clothes, rings, and flowers should be made. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks When M. Taine visited England towards the close of the nineteenth century one of the first things to attract his notice was the bashfulness which he encountered in unexpected places. Apologia Diffidentis Sometimes a temporary impotence occurs from bashfulness, or the interference of some voluntary exertion in the production of an effect, which should be performed alone by pleasurable sensation. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life A strong flush covered the young man's face, but it was not mere bashfulness, but emotion. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Some drank greedily, others tasted the sour wine in little sips like old experts; but all took care to turn their backs to us while drinking, as if from bashfulness. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Eunuchs disguised as females imitate their dress, speech, gestures, tenderness, timidity, simplicity, softness and bashfulness. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Females of rank seemed to forget their natural bashfulness, and committed the care of their persons, indiscriminately, to men and women of the lowest order. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The enthusiasm increased with each orator’s efforts, until the surveyor made in his own brusque fashion, which was marked by true Western absence of bashfulness, the speech of the evening. Lorimer of the Northwest Blunt's bashfulness fell from him as the instruction proceeded, and he developed a certain expert dignity, a quality of fatherly consideration. Tales of Space and Time "Isn't it my turn, now?" asked Tom, with a courage at which he afterward rather wondered; but he was fast getting rid of his country bashfulness. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains She should then again manifest her own bashfulness, her fatigue, and her desire of stopping the congress. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks An indisposition toward publicity is amiable in those to whom it is natural; but I am not clear that bashfulness is the only commendable quality. The Foot-path Way Yet, either from bashfulness or foolish pride, I would not move a step nearer. Lorimer of the Northwest Lucy made up her mind that she must see Alec before he went, but a secret bashfulness prevented her from writing to him. The Explorer She hesitated and lisped like a child in her bashfulness. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan You were a perfect monster of bashfulness, and your conscience was a most alarming animal. The Hero The instinctive stir of kinship made me sure who he was; but from some childish bashfulness I did not like to go directly to him and came around from one side, then touched his arm. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Take away Hawthorne's bashfulness, and let him talk easily and fast, and you would have a pretty good Tennyson. Stories of Authors, British and American You are liable to lose this self-command either through bashfulness or excitement. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies There lay rows of men like corpses in their blankets, with pinched white faces peeping out, which smiled pathetically with the bashfulness of returning spirits. The Tale of a Trooper “Oh, I think he’ll get over his bashfulness, and so will some of the others,” answered Songbird Powell. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up Our hero, who, it must be confessed, was not troubled by bashfulness, made a low bow to his opponent, and, advancing to the counting-room, opened the door. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success But now, Scipio, that I have come to touch on your merits, I fear lest either your own noble modesty or my own native bashfulness may close my mouth. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Those bright gray eyes could never have been daunted, those curling, merry lips never at a loss, that smooth brow never been unwelcome, those easy movements never cramped, nor the manners restrained by bashfulness. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Her bashfulness is less a quality than an instinct; it is like the self-folding of a flower, spontaneous and unconscious. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical But, as he was waiting to be answered, I had to collect my thoughts and admit, not without a little bashfulness, that my first account of my exploit had contained a slight prevarication. The Light of Scarthey At the close of the meal, to which Sam, despite his bashfulness, did full justice, Mr. Chester opened his pocket-book and produced twenty-five dollars in bills. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It She would see him as he stood beside her with manly bashfulness, when on the side of Olivet he first told her that he loved her. The Bertrams But the porcupine feared nobody, and was quite untroubled by bashfulness. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life In the first scene with Angelo she seems divided between her love for her brother and her sense of his fault; between her self-respect and her maidenly bashfulness. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical He got caught in the trap of his own horrid bashfulness.” Dorothy's Travels I might have looked for bashfulness in the latter, but was certainly surprised to meet with it in the former. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Bobby, irresolute, halted outside, shifting uneasily, wanting to join the group, but withheld by the unwonted bashfulness. The Adventures of Bobby Orde He looked at her with a roguish leer, but still with some degree of bashfulness. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom If I do not open them it is due to a certain bashfulness, a subtle dislike of seeing myself as I was. A Tramp's Notebook In society he is still, to a certain degree, and must always remain the victim of bashfulness; and his one attempt at public speaking was a complete failure. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly When he had ceased there was a universal and unanimous silence, due to uncontrollable female bashfulness, for the duration of several minutes, until the chairwoman exhorted someone to have the courage of her opinions. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. But not a fleeting tremor shook her little hand, not a shade of color deepened the rose of her round cheek, not a passing emotion of bashfulness weighed down her curly eyelashes. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy There was the bed, certainly, if I could conquer my bashfulness and make use of it. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions At this moment, however, her little head was carried somewhat haughtily, and there was a sort of something not unlike bashfulness or awkwardness in her manner which seemed hardly natural to it. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Mat Mogmore seemed to be slightly confused, which was attributed to bashfulness, for his statements were as square as those of his shipmates. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World His bashfulness fell from him as a garment. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Putting aside all bashfulness, General Buonaparte became a full-fledged society man and a beau. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) His self-conceit was too great to attribute my very uncordial reception to anything except, as he said, 'my bashfulness.' Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Then said little May, who did not know what bashfulness was, 'I wish I might go and see him, too. Chatterbox, 1906 Before he knew how it came about his bashfulness had vanished and he was a part of that circle. Mary Ware's Promised Land Hester’s beauty was really so striking, as with a blushing bashfulness, she for the first time enacted the mistress before her husband’s eyes, that it was impossible not to observe it. Deerbrook The main feature in the personal character of the Indians of this part of South America is a degree of diffidence, bashfulness, or coldness, which affects all their actions. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure "Now; isn't it, Ralfy?" appealing to her betrothed with appropriate bashfulness. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes I have known young men injured by bashfulness. The Young Man's Guide Noddy, as a general rule, was not troubled with bashfulness; and he walked resolutely up to the manager, and intimated to him that he should like to be engaged as a performer. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise It was a patriotic idea which had been growing in his mind all that morning, and258 it had driven out of him every ounce of bashfulness. Ahead of the Army She would fill its emptiness, not with Aunt Jen’s currant 292wine, but with good Hollands—not to the brim, because the owner would spill it over and so add the finishing touch to his bashfulness. The Dew of Their Youth "G. n., my dear," said the gallant "C," in whose composition bashfulness seemed certainly to have no part. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes It is equally inconsistent with a stiff formality, an impertinent forwardness, and an awkward bashfulness. The Young Man's Guide Thus endorsed, Peddle soon lays aside his native bashfulness, and makes the walls of Congress vocal to that bewitching eloquence which heretofore captivated the Babylonish mind. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 So bashfulness, like soft and sloping ground, being unable to repel or avert any attack, lies open to the most shameful acts and passions. Plutarch's Morals He did not suffer from bashfulness as a rule, but since Peggy Saville had come into the room he had been seized with an appalling self-consciousness. About Peggy Saville As for going to her office, Quimby, in his bashfulness, dared not even walk through the street containing it, lest she should penetrate his motives, and be offended at his presumption. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes If you find bashfulness or embarrassment coming upon you, do or say something at once. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage The child was evidently natural and thoroughly unaffected, without either timidity or rustic bashfulness. Won from the Waves Thus did he make judgement and not bashfulness the arbiter of his gifts and favours. Plutarch's Morals Peggy was too much perturbed to speak, but Mellicent put the very inquiry which she most wished answered, being never troubled with bashfulness in asking questions. About Peggy Saville In order to shake off the restraint which I felt my society imposed, I found it absolutely necessary to divest myself of bashfulness, and to exert such conversational powers as I possessed. Rookwood The gift and the possession are true sanctifiers of life, and should be worn as precious jewels without affectation and without bashfulness. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage But it was no time for the affectation of false modesty, for idle bashfulness; and neither were her characteristics. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico For such flights and repulses, keeping you in practice in trying to overcome your bashfulness in small matters, will prepare you for greater occasions. Plutarch's Morals They flattered themselves that he would outgrow his bashfulness, but Daniel had no such hope, and frequently confided in me that he thought he should never marry at all. A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" Wildney had a good voice, and struck up without the least bashfulness— “Come, landlord, fill the flowing bowl Until it does run over Come, landlord, fill, etc.” Eric, or Little by Little Some do this from mere bashfulness, but Felicia showed no bashfulness in any other way. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him They affected my friend like the youth and beauty of his earliest evening parties; he experienced a sense of bashfulness, of sickening personal demerit. Buying a Horse Moreover, the use and practice of restraining one's bashfulness in small and unimportant matters is advantageous also in regard to praise. Plutarch's Morals Moreover, he was troubled with the painfulest bashfulness which ever made a mother think her child too ethereal, or a dispassionate outsider regard him as too flimsy, for this world. A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" It is probable, too, that his constitutional bashfulness and distrust of himself brought out her greater confidence and buoyancy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 "My father died six months ago," answered the boy, "my mother when she was born," and he nodded toward Peninah, who sat clutching his sleeve in her pretty bashfulness. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country And has not Stultitia the right to claim prudence for herself, if the wise, out of shame, out of bashfulness, undertake nothing in circumstances where fools pluckily set to work? Erasmus and the Age of Reformation But bashfulness is not only a bad and inconsiderate manager of money, but also in more important matters makes us reject expediency and reason. Plutarch's Morals Daniel found it impossible to overcome his bashfulness, was spontaneous only in sonnets, brilliant only in bouquets. A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" Several weeks passed on, when one morning she came to me in the sweetest confusion, the loveliest mixture of bashfulness and joy. Country Lodgings "Why, Mother," answered Fred, getting over his bashfulness, now that the secret was out, "it was all about treating servants with kindness." The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls The attitude of warding off reveals itself as fastidiousness and as bashfulness. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation And so repentance follows more closely upon bashfulness than upon any emotion, and that not afterwards, but in the very act. Plutarch's Morals Only his fatal bashfulness, his irreclaimably retiring disposition, could have kept him silent in such circumstances. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 But as soon as her first feeling of bashfulness was over, Rose spoke freely and brightly. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Twelve scouts arose as one—the older scouts they were—those not likely to be confused by bashfulness or to spoil the ceremony by their own self-consciousness. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow This bashfulness about himself is the reason that he does not love his own physiognomy, and is only persuaded with difficulty by his friends to sit for a portrait. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation At no time was Kagh troubled with bashfulness and now, under the influence of that flooding radiance, he decided to investigate the cabin and the clearing. Followers of the Trail Of bashfulness, diffidence or fear we had none, our main object being to bask in the heat of our own fervour. My Reminiscences "If that bashfulness of yours is likely to be as bad as all that, perhaps I'd better come." The House of Torchy She looked without any bashfulness toward the window of the hotel, examining the Spaniard with the leisurely glance of a bold boy, meeting the shock of his eyes without flinching. Luna Benamor Strange as such Mohammedan bashfulness may seem to us, they felt, as they afterwards told me, that appearing there unveiled, was "just like exhibiting themselves naked." French and Oriental Love in a Harem It might be that his youth and natural bashfulness would come to her aid, and that nothing should be said before that day in July which would separate them. Dr. Wortle's School Let your address when you first come into any company be modest, but without the least bashfulness or sheepishness, steady without impudence, and as unembarrassed as if you were in your own room. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II “Ain’t I payin’ the good woman a compliment, when I say that she had pity on me bashfulness, and came to me help when I was in difficulty?” The Lighthouse She at once entered into conversation without the slightest bashfulness; and it struck me that she was exerting herself, not so much to entertain us, as to keep up Mrs Hudson’s spirits. Twice Lost He has no notion of concealment, or that it is necessary for him to assume shoregoing manners, now that he has got over his bashfulness at finding himself among strangers. True Blue “Come along, then; bashfulness is not among the list of my vices,” said the Baron. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin Still, not being overwhelmed with bashfulness at any time, and as I was anxious to know what had passed between him and Aunt Deb regarding my future career, I looked up and asked him. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures He was a fine handsome boy, full of life and spirits, without a particle of bashfulness. The Three Admirals They soon got over their bashfulness, and asked the name of everything they saw, which Jeannette was always ready to tell them. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “Oh, Lord bless your honour, there are plenty on us!” answered Paul, feeling his bashfulness wear off in consequence of the minister’s kind manner. True Blue I was in doubt, however, whether Juan would be particularly pleased to have Mr Laffan’s company; but such an idea never occurred to our good tutor, who was not inconveniently troubled with bashfulness. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots Mangaleesu and Kalinda, who had been invited, at first hung back, but overcoming their bashfulness at length came and joined the party, and did ample justice to the food offered them. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand He longed to ask Mrs Edmonstone where she was, but he was withheld by a feeling of bashfulness very unusual with him. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War The term αναιδειαν, translated “importunity,” signifies freedom from the bashfulness which cannot ask a second time. The Parables of Our Lord George Scudder was a grave, thoughtful young man,—not given to talking, and silent in the society of women, with that kind of reverential bashfulness which sometimes shows a pure, unworldly nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Fair women play; she's chaste whom none will have Or, but for bashfulness, herself would crave. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) This without any bashfulness or reserve at her brother being present. The Lone Ranche She kindly made a place for him where he was, and he soon rendered it evident that bashfulness had not taken away his appetite. The Boy Patriot I made a mockery of all the friendly overtures which she made so lovingly with all the coy bashfulness of her maiden heart. She and I, Volume 1 Add to this that in society Schubert's manner was awkward, the result of an unconquerable diffidence and bashfulness, when in the presence of strangers. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Evidently it is my duty all round, for the sake of everybody, to cast aside my natural bashfulness and use the opportunities Providence gives me.” Roger Ingleton, Minor This turned the laugh against Doubleday, and I, despite my bashfulness, was indiscreet enough to join in it. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Prudy sat at her hostess's right hand, and in spite of her bashfulness, was as happy a child as ever broke a wish-bone. Prudy Keeping House Those who know me say that bashfulness is one of the least of my virtues; and, I do not think that I am constitutionally timid—so why this feeling? She and I, Volume 1 Thereupon the maidens form a ring around the bride, sing songs to her to conquer her bashfulness, and so induce her to yield her hand to the bridegroom. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania This cured me of my bashfulness for some time, as it was over a week before I came to my senses. The Blunders of a Bashful Man Honour and gratitude alike forbade such a line of conduct, even had it been consistent with the natural bashfulness, simplicity, and innocence of his disposition. St. Ronan's Well The consciousness of possessing great powers and deep sensibility often creates bashfulness. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Stendhal says that our two most patent vices are bashfulness and cant. Joyous Gard He was overcome with bashfulness and did not arise until several urged him to say something. Watch Yourself Go By It was for this I had escaped Sally Spitfire—for this that my unhappy bashfulness had driven me far from home and friends. The Blunders of a Bashful Man I confess, indeed, my bashfulness does not appear in my works, for them I print in the most impudent manner; being exceeded in that respect by nobody but James Boswell, Esq. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica She did not conceal it, but looked up with such a radiant expression of joy beaming through a shade of bashfulness, I shrunk from the task imposed upon me. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author The pugnacity and greediness of childhood, its foolish fears, the bashfulness of youth—these seem to be either useless or detrimental to development. The Mind and Its Education But both the forwardness of the one and the bashfulness of the other were wasted upon the visitor. The Lion's Brood Once safely wedded, I have a faint idea that my bashfulness will wear off. The Blunders of a Bashful Man The gallant widower fell in love with Priscilla, but for some reason which does not clearly appear, but probably bashfulness, he sent another to do his courting. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country She stuck her tongue out on her upper lip in peasant bashfulness. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life He was modest and retiring even to bashfulness, and had a very marked defect in his articulation, so that his schoolmates called him "stuttering Jack Curran." The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning That air of bashfulness and of shyness which you observe in him in social life has given him in matters of business an apologetic air. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "Never—never—never," said I, between my clenched teeth, "will I again be guilty of the crime of bashfulness—never!" The Blunders of a Bashful Man Yet I went not near him, certainly not from bashfulness, or timidity, feelings to which I had long been an entire stranger. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Before the meal was over, however, the bashfulness, quite foreign to her usual character, wore pretty well away, and she agreed to join a sleighing-party over to Richelieu, a neighbouring village. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Mr Cheesacre felt that he was progressing well, and was conscious that he had got safely over those fences in the race which his bashfulness would naturally make difficult to him. Can You Forgive Her? All the shyness of youth, all the bashfulness of man with maiden were gone. The Long Night "Who knows but what we may make up our minds to hitch horses afore we get to Californy!" and she eyed me all over without a bit of bashfulness, and seemed to admire me. The Blunders of a Bashful Man The effort cost his bashfulness much, but he persevered, with the sense that if he did not go “no one else would,” and that his attempts were “better than nothing.” Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Oh, girls!" implored Amy, in an agony of bashfulness, "I don't like Conway Benton one bit more than any of the rest of you, and you know it. The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained She never hesitated in her demands through bashfulness. Can You Forgive Her? That bashfulness, however, which has been my bane through life, prevented me. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris I spent the long, lazy summer days in dreaming of her, and wishing that bashfulness were a curable disease. The Blunders of a Bashful Man We never detected bashfulness in the street or parlor. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America He arose and bowed, and hardly saw the hand in the earnest look he gave her, as if she had surprised him, and he did not know how to express his bashfulness. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The burden of keeping this question had been overriding Hiram's bashfulness since she had spoken it. The She Boss A Western Story In a moment all the self-engrossment of her bashfulness was gone. The Emigrant Trail My bashfulness was to do worse than urge me to suicide—it was to be the means of my causing the death of an estimable old gentleman—her father! The Blunders of a Bashful Man And they were never rude; their very bashfulness prevented that. The Two-Gun Man The bashfulness, the modesty, the insignificance of the girl impressed him. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) But now that her sense had returned, her bashfulness returned also. Dr. Dumany's Wife By the second Sunday they had mastered their bashfulness and both came shuffling their hats in awkward hands and sitting side by side on a log. The Emigrant Trail Some folks should see that my bashfulness was wearing off faster than the gold from an oroide watch. The Blunders of a Bashful Man The quaintness of the cowboy speech, his incomparable bashfulness, amused her, while she was strangely affected by his earnestness. The Two-Gun Man Several cases passed under my observation, in which the husband was unable to use his marital rights for weeks owing to the timorousness and bashfulness of his youthful spouse. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir She seemed to have no bashfulness, no sense of shame, and to be wholly incapable of realising her offence. Dr. Dumany's Wife The others of the family also noticed the abrupt mariner in which Fred absconded; but excused his doing so by attributing it to the bashfulness of his bad looks rendered so by his illness. The Black-Sealed Letter Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cockney. The girls must have told of it, for the story got out, and Fred advised me to try counter-irritation for my bashfulness. The Blunders of a Bashful Man We had tea, and Teddy so far improved on his bashfulness that he made grabs at several things which would have disagreed with him if I had let him follow his inclinations. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Social Instincts.—Among these are placed such instinctive tendencies as bashfulness, sympathy, the gregarious instinct, or love of companionship, anger, self-assertion, combativeness, etc. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education I was very cordially received, and in the ensuing conversation I took a very lively and active share, and stood my ground without any of the usual bashfulness of a novice. Dr. Dumany's Wife She said it to herself, deliberately and calmly, without the slightest particle of hesitation or bashfulness. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance Modesty, bashfulness, shame-facedness—as the good old English word was—that is the very beginning of all goodness in boys and girls. Westminster Sermons with a Preface Her obvious timidity was ascribed to natural maidenly bashfulness, which made her appear wonderfully enticing. Enter Bridget The best remedy, therefore, for bashfulness, is a modest assurance, and however weak the forehead may be, it ought to be lifted up, and well it may by conscious merit. The Training of a Public Speaker His extreme bashfulness in the presence of strangers in general, and of ladies in particular, caused him to appear very awkward. The Path of Duty, and Other Stories We tempted them to the lawn one night, and overcame their bashfulness by money for nuts and apples. Russian Rambles It must be habit, or bashfulness, or the effect of some childish and forgotten fright. Tales of the Chesapeake This bashfulness was what she loved the best of anything in him. The Bridal March; One Day Nowhere have I seen unformed sheepish boys, nowhere the surliness, awkwardness, ungraciousness, and uneasy proud bashfulness, I have seen in the best companies in England. The Diary of an Ennuyée In a higher class there is restraint and a rather stupid bashfulness. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital His chief object in life was apparently to get as much amusement as possible out of that experience, and he was quite unhampered by over-nice notions of delicacy or bashfulness. David Harum A Story of American Life From recourse to this, Schubert's bashfulness and lack of skill as a virtuoso on any instrument helped to bar him, though he accompanied his own songs with exquisite effect. The Great German Composers He stood for a moment on the landing outside the door of the private sitting-room, with an absurdly schoolboyish air of bashfulness. The Second Honeymoon A tall, slender 48-year-old transplanted Southerner with a rich baritone voice, Wolfe speaks softly, chooses his word carefully, and exhibits a kind of schoolboy bashfulness when discussing his own work. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s The wooden horse had a queer voice; the dolls could hardly understand him at first, but when his bashfulness wore off, he talked quite plainly. Raggedy Andy Stories Though he walked with pain, he made an obvious effort to lighten his weight on her shoulder; and this returning bashfulness was a good sign, she thought. The Astonishing History of Troy Town "Who said you did, you black thing, you?" said Julia, who in her grief for her favorite, and her anger at Aunt Judy, forgot the stranger, and her bashfulness, too. Tempest and Sunshine When they begin to call up mourners she commences to clap 'er hands an' shout, then the rest get over their bashfulness an' the fun begins. Westerfelt This was rather too intimate a description, but bashfulness or diffidence she knew were not among Mr. Arranstoun's qualities—or defects. The Man and the Moment "No, I do not think any one who knows us will accuse either of us of bashfulness; the opposite has been laid to my charge until it has become an old story," she replied. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Tamsin's eyes travelled without bashfulness over the array upon the beach. The Astonishing History of Troy Town He thought he was displaying proper firmness, but his hand trembled, his heart beat like a plunger, and he was the victim of an ignoble bashfulness. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Her bashfulness had departed, and she only saw in the young man across the table her ideal type of a hero. Glen of the High North She looked such a child, in her pretty confusion and bashfulness, that not one of them resented her presence amongst them. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Her brother broke up the romance by taunting Mark who, with boyish bashfulness, avoided her after that. Charred Wood Possibly Pete's assurance, as contrasted with the bashfulness and timidity of the old Mexican's nephew, had something to do with Montoya's immediate friendliness. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Neither modesty nor bashfulness was to be reckoned among Liza's faults, and in this position she felt quite at ease. Liza of Lambeth He laughed heartily and showed that he knew how to overcome my bashfulness. Musical Memories Under the influence of the liquor, men and women rapidly lose that bashfulness and modesty which in ordinary life are such characteristic traits of their deportment. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan So bright the tear in beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry; So sweet the blush of bashfulness, Even pity scarce can wish it less! What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 You will observe, gentlemen," he cried without bashfulness, "that I now perform the eminently interesting operation of dropping cakes—one, two, three. What Necessity Knows While not assuming airs of reluctance or bashfulness, he discouraged on the part of strangers any suggestion as to his reëlection. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History The Princess received Madame de Caters and myself with a gracefulness which was increased by her unusual bashfulness. Musical Memories Much to her annoyance, therefore, Winifred was left alone with the woollen-draper, who following up a maxim of his own, "that nothing was gained by too much bashfulness," determined to profit by the opportunity. Jack Sheppard A Romance With boyish bashfulness he hung his head and asked her if she was all right. The Master Mystery "Well, I don't care," cried Blue, falling from bashfulness into a pout, and from a pout into tears. What Necessity Knows He seemed used to Poppy's silence, and, indeed, whenever her silent absence from speech was most marked, he bent towards her in a tender attitude which showed a resolution to regard it as maidenly bashfulness. The Judge She exhibited no bashfulness, no excitement, no confusion, no fear: she was simply bent on business. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Florence—dear little wife!—for five years she has sustained to me that relation; and if she has not cured me of my bashfulness, she has at least broken me of its extreme folly. The Fatal Glove He continued staring at her, fighting the battle of inexperience and bashfulness over again, and fearing that he had been ridiculous. His Masterpiece It was a wild sorrow, without consideration or bashfulness, and the young doctor felt that he was witnessing an unpleasant scene from life in the outskirts of the town. One of Life's Slaves The morning came, and with it came a nervous bashfulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 A deep blush of mingled pleasure, bashfulness, and aspiration mantled Ishmael's delicate face. Ishmael Or, In the Depths In the old days there had been with him no bashfulness of that kind. The Claverings She felt sure he was not bad-natured, his rough, surly ways arose from bashfulness. His Masterpiece "Yes—why didn't I let anybody know?" repeated the girl in an utter panic of bashfulness. Little Eve Edgarton And then, before he had time to answer, I fled in an agony of bashfulness to my refuge under the water-maple behind the house. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 A feeling of inexplicable bashfulness tied my tongue, and I only replied with an enigmatic and haughty smile. First Love (Little Blue Book #1195) And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life "She was going to die, sir," replied the boy, in a reserved tone which, despite his bashfulness, both showed his own hurt, and rebuked his elder's thoughtless question. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. The late Mr. Richardson, even to a comparatively late period in his professional career, was afflicted with the usual bashfulness about having his work published. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Yet even now in the almost complete isolation of her surroundings the old inherent bashfulness swept over her again and warred chaotically with her insistent purpose. Little Eve Edgarton I exclaimed, not noticing his entirely unnecessary bashfulness. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance The latter modestly lowered her eyes to the ground with her head a little bent and her cheeks red for bashfulness, although it pleased her no little to hear the praises of her beauty. First Love (Little Blue Book #1195) And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life But despite his bashfulness, there was a great deal in the man, and when an emergency rose he never lacked resource. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. That he pleaded his case well and earnestly, and without a great deal of bashfulness, will be readily believed by those who have made his acquaintance. Sevenoaks "Ain't I payin' the good woman a compliment, when I say that she had pity on me bashfulness, and came to me help when I was in difficulty?" The Lighthouse He left the deduction to my imagination, and continued with the least touch of bashfulness, “You wouldn’t care to come to us, I suppose?” The Jervaise Comedy If she had slighted him a bit, so as to awaken his combativeness, his bashfulness might have disappeared. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana The lover may be shy— His bashfulness goes by When first he kisses. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal A peculiar British bashfulness seems to stand in the way of it. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day He hated girls, and when in their society was a very bull-calf for bashfulness and awkward self-consciousness. Vandover and the Brute As he hove in sight of the Custom House, however, this bashfulness gave way of a sudden to bewilderment. Hocken and Hunken He is a shrewd chap, and not troubled by bashfulness. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Overcome by a bashfulness that tried to escape in jocosity, the Senior Surgeon gave an odd little choking chuckle. The White Linen Nurse The good Joseph always drew back with a timid air of maidenly modesty when Tom approached him, and I quite sympathize with this bashfulness. A Dream of the North Sea What had been bashfulness in the boy developed in the young man to a profound respect and an instinctive regard for women. Vandover and the Brute From this and from a certain bashfulness that appeared in his looks, she suspected that the supposed youth was a woman, and she longed for supper to be over that she might verify her suspicion. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes The priest passed over her silence, naturally ascribing it to bashfulness, and honestly taking her consent for granted. The Missing Bride But grimly instead,—out of his frazzled nerves,—out of his innate spiritual bashfulness, he merely roared forth, "Where are the potatoes?" The White Linen Nurse Leam! she who was almost too modest for an ordinary lover's comfort, needing to be tamed out of her savage bashfulness, not to be reproved for transgressing the proper reticence of an English maid. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 What little bashfulness he had once possessed he had certainly left behind in San Francisco, for he leaned over the front of the box and smiled familiarly at the audience. The Sorcery Club He was a very well-mannered person, but had, of course, the bashfulness naturally resulting from lonely life at that altitude, where contact with the world must be infrequent. Italian Journeys But even at this early age he was self-contained; and full of the exquisite bashfulness of adolescence he grew up without betraying the secret of his religious love. Abbe Mouret's Transgression He hated the English for "their idle curiosity, bedizened awkwardness, impudent bashfulness, angular egotism, and vacant delight in all melancholy objects." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Those outside the door entered with the caution of veterans in an enemy's country, and with a bashfulness that was painful to contemplate. Romance of California Life He was losing his bashfulness, and now gazed all over the room, evidently much impressed by its blue velvet hangings. A Love Episode As bashfulness is scarcely known to their race, they had no hesitation in showing off their accomplishments before a stranger, and seemed quite delighted with his applause. Italian Journeys He showed this too, for there was no bashfulness about Old Royle. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 He was asked for a recipe for "bashfulness," and replied that the person was bashful simply because he was thinking of himself and the impression he was making. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga She rose, greeted Leon with a touching smile, and stepped forward with serious bashfulness. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850 At the university I was introduced gradually to a wider social circle and so far outgrew my bashfulness that I began to seek the society of the opposite sex assiduously. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy "Women will occasionally be found to hide diseases and symptoms from a bashfulness and modesty so great and perverse as to be hardly credible," writes Dr. W. Wynn Westcott, an experienced coroner. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism The vicar, too, was at once prepossessed in his favour, and even little Eleanor, who was generally very shy before strangers, looked at him admiringly and showed little of her usual bashfulness. A Tale of a Lonely Parish They exhibit signs of bashfulness and what is commonly termed "self-consciousness" in that sense. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga |
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