All 3 Uses of
fleeting
in
Six Characters in Search of an Author
- She surprised me in a place, where she ought not to have known me, just as I could not exist for her; and she now seeks to attach to me a reality such as I could never suppose I should have to assume for her in a shameful and fleeting moment of my life.†
Act 1 *
- ] is here to catch me, fix me, and hold me eternally in the stocks for that one fleeting and shameful moment of my life.†
Act 2
- Ours is an immutable reality which should make you shudder when you approach us if you are really conscious of the fact that your reality is a mere transitory and fleeting illusion, taking this form today and that tomorrow, according to the conditions, according to your will, your sentiments, which in turn are controlled by an intellect that shows them to you today in one manner and tomorrow… who knows how?†
Act 3
Definition:
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(fleeting) lasting a short time