...Her father watched over her and she watched over herself; for there are nolocks, or guards, or bolts that can protect a young girl better than herown modesty... 
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete」
... “I do not dislike that modesty,” said Don Quixote; “for there is no poet who is not conceited and does not think he is the best poet in the world...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
... of the modesty that shed a lustre upon it?” ...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
...He at once concluded that some damsel of the duchess’s was in love with him, and that her modesty forced her to keep her passion secret...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
..."Oh, you confer an honour on me which I do not deserve,"replied Bellido, with feigned modesty and emotion...
Antonio de Trueba Henry J. Gill 「The Cid Campeador」
...The rest my modesty compels me to disavow...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
... Raoul bowed so gracefully, that Louis, to whom all superior qualities were pleasing when they did not overshadow his own, admired his beauty, strength, and modesty...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
..." Modesty forbade him to name theexception...
Grant Allen 「An African Millionaire」
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"Bravo, O Arabs! there is none equal to the Arabs:
Excellent is the modesty, beauty, and virtue of the Arabs...
Abd Salam Shabeeny 「An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa」
...In regard to description and age the advertisement is tolerably accurate, although her master might have added, that her countenance was one of peculiar modesty and grace...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...Notwithstanding his natural modesty, here as elsewhere, he took a conspicuous position...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...I cannot close without assuring you that the modesty shown by yourself in the exercises was most favourably commented upon by all the members of our party...
Booker T. Washington 「Up From Slavery: An Autobiography」
...She made up in modesty what she lacked in aplomb...
Charles W. Chesnutt 「The House Behind the Cedars」
...To tell the truth, without false modesty, they pursued me andfinally captured me...
Leo Tolstoy 「The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories」
...Our modesty was longest against thetaste of mankind...
Various 「Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906」
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