But the strongest natures are those which least incline to tyranny; and he had already seen the results of coercion upon that bright and joyous, but timid nature.

We timid knock, and beg to gaze On all once oursare shown a seat, O irony!

Not one of her male cousins had ever ventured near enough to get those cousinly privileges that timid cousins sigh for and plucky cousins take, if they are worth taking.

And at first the miracles worked by Mr. Fotheringay were timid little miracleslittle things with the cups and parlour fitments, as feeble as the miracles of Theosophists, and, feeble as they were, they were received with awe by his collaborator.

How should I know what letters arrive at Newport, and what stop on the main?" "As timid a villain as he is thorough!" muttered the young mariner.

During the absence of husbands, we little girls were loaned separately nights to timid wives who had no children to keep them company.

And birds of every rainbow hue, The antelope, and timid deer, The wild goat mingling with the blue Of heaven on yonder rock, are here.

The things which timid women have done then, stand among the bravest that have ever been set down to the credit of humanity.