Henry Mackenzie - There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkward

There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pertness of a coxcomb; that, a consciousness, which the most delicate feelings produce, and the most extensive knowledge cannot always remove.

- Henry Mackenzie

source: Henry Mackenzie (1836). “The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie”, p.22

topic: Two, Feelings, World, Bashfulness