Both Uses of
fleeting
in
Middlemarch
- Seated in a famous arm-chair and in his best suit, constantly within sight of good cheer, he had a comfortable consciousness of being on the premises, mingled with fleeting suggestions of Sunday and the bar at the Green Man; and he informed Mary Garth that he should not go out of reach of his brother Peter while that poor fellow was above ground.†
Chpt 3fleeting = lasting a short time
- It was impossible to help fleeting visions of another kind—new dignities and an acknowledged value of which she had often felt the absence.†
Chpt 6 *