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Now that the goal of his hope was so near, within the very grasp of his hand, a strange timidity fell upon him, and he shrank from crossing the open field. Rather would he follow the circling wood and come out at the upper end by the lake, going down along the shore to the cabins.
You may look into the queer face of that portrait for as long as you will, but you will not see any hole or corner for timidity to enter in. Indeed, there would be no end to this paper if I were even to name half of the portraits that were remarkable for their execution, or interesting by association. There was one picture of Mr.
Djalma was the first to raise his eyes. They were moist and sparkling. The excitement of passionate love, the burning ardor of his age, so long repressed, the intense admiration in which he held ideal beauty, were all expressed in his look, mingled with respectful timidity, and gave to the countenance of this youth an undefinable, irresistible character.
Hamlin, standing in the door, said: "Perez, this is Prudence Fennell, George Fennell's girl. She heard you had seen her father, and came to ask you about him." The girl came near to Perez, and looked up at him with a questioning face, in which anxiety was struggling with timidity.
'I remember, said Mrs. Wrottesley, 'that we honestly thought that we were interesting when we ate very little, and I myself often used to aspire to an attractive display of timidity when inwardly I had no sensation of fear. As the wife of the vicar of the parish Mrs.
At times we laughed as he recalled the illness of Visanteta, the daughter of la Soberana, an old fishmonger who justified her nickname of the Queen by her bulk and her stature, as well as by the arrogance with which she treated her market companions, imposing her will upon them by right of might.... The belle of the place was this Visanteta: tiny, malicious, with a clever tongue, and no other good looks than that of youthful health; but she had a pair of penetrating eyes and a trick of pretending timidity, weakness and interest, which simply turned the heads of the village youths.
Her messenger had brought back word that he was not at home, and all afternoon Janet had been agitated by the fear that he would not come; but as soon as that anxiety was removed by the knock at the door, she felt a sudden rush of doubt and timidity: she trembled and turned cold. Mrs. Pettifer went to open the door, and told Mr. Tryan, in as few words as possible, what had happened in the night.
Every man, however brave, who begins by worshipping violence, must end in mere timidity. Every man, however wise, who begins by worshipping success, must end in mere mediocrity. This strange and paradoxical fate is involved, not in the individual, but in the philosophy, in the point of view. It is not the folly of the man which brings about this necessary fall; it is his wisdom.
It is not for the eye of the youthful artist to comprehend at once the master's vast design. Retire, Bourgognino, and take time to weigh the motives of Fiesco's conduct! Go! noble youth! if spirits such as thine break out in flames in thy country's cause, let the Dorias see that they stand fast! FIESCO. The MOOR entering with an appearance of timidity, and looking round cautiously.
My curiosity together with the belief that the being I called it being, not bird, now was friendly to me, overcame all timidity, and I rose and walked at random towards the interior of the wood.
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