All 3 Uses of
transitory
in
The Scarlet Letter
- But I never considered it as other than a transitory life.†
Chpt Intr. *
- It was a maiden newly-won—and won by the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale's own sermon, on the Sabbath after his vigil—to barter the transitory pleasures of the world for the heavenly hope that was to assume brighter substance as life grew dark around her, and which would gild the utter gloom with final glory.†
Chpt 20
- This idea of his transitory stay on earth gave the last emphasis to the effect which the preacher had produced; it was as if an angel, in his passage to the skies, had shaken his bright wings over the people for an instant—at once a shadow and a splendour—and had shed down a shower of golden truths upon them.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(transitory) lasting a short time