Both Uses
brevity
in
A Passage to India
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- His memory was good, and for so young a man he had read largely; the themes he preferred were the decay of Islam and the brevity of Love.†
Chpt 2 *
- His poem was again about the decay of Islam and the brevity of love; as sad and sweet as he could contrive, but not nourished by personal experience, and of no interest to these excellent Hindus.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(brevity) the use of just a few words; or lasting a short time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)