bashfulness

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Bashfulness was not one of her weak points; she had borne the complex stare levelled at her in drawing-rooms with excellent aplomb.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

Tho' she was prepared to act her Part, she could not forbear blushing, tho' more out of Spite than Bashfulness.

From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de

Then the mistress of the maidens, Wisdom, and a “maiden unwillingly praised,” called Bashfulness.

From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Magdeburg, Matilda of

Bashfulness and Modesty.—We may be both bashful and impudent.

From The Young Man's Guide by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Bashfulness and apathy are a tough husk in which a delicate organization is protected from premature ripening.

From Essays — First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo