Example Sentences

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He preached at Baalbec on the fugitiveness of human life, on faith, love, and rest in God.

From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by Ross, James

But, my dear, it's just the fugitiveness of mortal caring that makes it so exquisite!

From The Glimpses of the Moon by Wharton, Edith

In the tea-room fugitiveness is suggested in the thatched roof, frailty in the slender pillars, lightness in the bamboo support, apparent carelessness in the use of commonplace materials.

From The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo

Further on I will speak of the fugitiveness and permanency of colors in detail.

From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh

Holidays, even the annual month, were always uneasy joys,—their conscious fugitiveness; the craving after making the most of them.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles