Cognition is incomplete and lacks the free co-operation of the knower when God merely pervades (durchwohnt) the creature, as is the case with the devil's timorous and reluctant knowledge of God.
The true religion occupies the happy mean between miserable unfaith, on the one hand, and timorous superstition, wild fanaticism, and pietistical zeal on the other.
In spite of the counsels of prudence and of a timorous affection, the intrepid traveller would not omit any portion of her itinerary; she traversed successively into Boeotia, Phocis, AEtolia, and the Peloponnesus.
It ought to be particularly noticed, however, that they are an exceedingly timorous people, and naturally suspicious of foreigners.
When it was fired, the whole party fell as if they had been shot, but rose instantly again, and looking to the right and left of each other, indulged in a timorous laugh.
So Cecil for a long time had been playing upon the King's fears, knowing well the King's timorous nature.
At the sight of the new roses, they all cried out together like children, and stayed, stretching their arms towards the rose-trees, timorous and troubled by desire.
But this is the field reserved for the exercises of the populace, children and timorous women.
Besides, the children had cast many friendly glances towards Krespel during dinner; now they rose and drew nearer to him, but not without signs of timorous awe.
A kind of confidential familiarity arose between us, which, burning through me like an electric current, consumed the timorous nervousness and constraint which had lain like ice upon my heart.
The timorous Mrs. Quayle scented a diabolical plot in the whole affair, and her fears were shared by some of the others.
Even the timorous felt the joy of the place and indulged in hopes of high adventure.
Had it not been for her companions Narva could easily have outstripped her pursuers; but with so timorous a person as Mrs. Quayle this seemed impossible.
The timorous doe stands with soft unstartled eyes across the path, sniffing with moist nostrils the expected cake.
She fixt the feather on his crest above, Bound with the mystic knot, the knot of love; He parted silent, but in silent prayer Bade Love and Hymen guard the timorous fair.
The gas inside rendered it more difficult to tell who was on the threshold, but Mrs. Leighton decided from a timorous peep through the scrims that it was a lady and gentleman.
You fly me, Chloe, as o'er trackless hills A young fawn runs her timorous dam to find, Whom empty terror thrills Of woods and whispering wind.
Though he spoke so, his brain was in strings to his timorousticking nerves; and he thought that it would be well to propitiate her and get her to utter some words that would not haunt his pillow.
Though robbers, and timorous owing to ages of ill-treatment, the men are brave when trusted, and very faithful.
Tinker had an appeal in his eyes, and made timorous noises.
You are over valorous at a distance; too timorous near her.
Yet though these were clad and armed, yet in some wise were they the worst of all; they were so timorous and cringing, and most of them heavy-eyed and sullen and down-looking.
But the Sun-beam had noted her at first, even amongst the fair women of Burgstead, and she so steady and bright beside the wandering timorouseyes and lowering faces of the thralls.
And about this time arose rumours of strange men in the wood, uncouth, vile, and murderous, and many of the feebler sort were made timorous thereby.
He was an adept in stalking this sweet-fleshed, timorous quarry, and breaking its neck with a well-directed blow as it dashed past him in a panic.
