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"This arises from your modesty, my dear child," said the superior, with kindness, believing that the unhappy girl was giving way to a feeling of overdelicacy.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

"An overdelicacy in this respect," said she, "I shall look upon as a disapprobation of my own conduct; because I myself have been obliged to have recourse to my friends in such emergencies."

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)