With much diffidence he replied: 'I speak only of my own feeling.

Another time Sadako asked her with much diffidence and slanting of the eyes,-

He had a fine flow of talk, and not much diffidence about his own opinions.

I shall deal with matters often handled only with much diffidence, and thought of with uncomfortable reserve.

Being comparatively young and inexperienced, I felt much diffidence in undertaking the charge of a Church in a large city.

After much bantering and urging, Benjamin proceeded to read his, apparently with much diffidence; and all listened with profound attention.

It is to remedy this defect that this book is offered, with much diffidence, and with many thanks to Mr. C.R.L.

Four years prior to this appointment, he had been admitted to the bar, after "undergoing with much diffidence" his examination.

This life is offered with much diffidence, though the pleasure of collecting the materials and of putting them together has been very great.

"We thought about three dollars an hour," replied Lawry, with much diffidence.

[Footnote 52: I dissent, though with much diffidence, from M. Vandal ("Napoléon et Alexandre," vol.