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Bashfulness Cured
BASHFULNESS CURED:
Ease and Elegance of Manner
QUICKLY GAINED.
NEW YORK:
SETH CONLY, PUBLISHER,
No. 524 Sixth Avenue.1872.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
SETH CONLY.
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Contents.
| Page. | |
| Bashfulness—Diffidence—Definition | 5 |
| Natural Diffidence | 7 |
| Causes and Cure of Natural Diffidence | 20 |
| Bashfulness from lack of Education.—How to Overcomeit | 23 |
| Bashfulness from Ignorance of the Ways of Society.—TheCure | 31 |
| Bashfulness from Ill-Dress.—The Cure | 36 |
| Bashfulness Caused by Ill-Health.—To Remove | 42 |
| How to acquire Elegance and Fluency of Expression—Easeand Polish of Manner—a Graceful, Pleasing andDignified Bearing—a Handsome Well-developedChest—a Deep, Rich Voice. How to Dress Cheaplyand Elegantly—How to be Attractive by certainattentions to Personal Habits. To the Debilitated:what to use to become Strong (new). How to Pleasegreatly by delicate Flattery of Eye and Manner. ASecret of being Popular with the Ladies. How toeasily Train, Brighten, and Sharpen the Intellect.To be Well-informed and Well-cultivated | 9-48 |
Bashfulness—Diffidence.
Definition.
We do not see why Sidney should have termeddiffidence “rustic shame.” Very many niceand proper persons who live in rural parts, and whoare exceedingly bashful, are far from being shame-faced.“Excessive or extreme modesty,” Websterdefines bashfulness, and this is the better definition,though not literally correct, as many who are rough,impudent and vulgar in the privacy of their ownhomes, are wretchedly bashful when in company ofstrangers, or those whom they consider their superiors.
No emotion is more painful than bashfulness.Without feeling guilty, its subject feels crushed.Says one, “I am troubled with a painful