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No, thought Elise, Sapphire never forgets who she is, no matter how flightily she behaves at functions like this.

Through Wolfs Eyes 2001

Charity pretended a great interest in her program and laughed flightily.

We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914

The old man talked well, though flightily, with a constant reference of all topics to his own standards, recollections, and friendships, which was characteristic, but in him not unattractive.

Lady Rose's Daughter Humphry Ward 1885

But I was thinking chiefly of the old lady, who was not very well (Elspeth had an idea that she had had a very slight "stroke," but how this was we cannot know now), while my grandfather was almost flightily cheerful.

Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls 1872

Mrs. Cheyne shrugged her shoulders a little flightily.

Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

If they're not flightily mad with eccentricity and brandy, they are morbidly mad with solitude and sentiment.

Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

And, all at once, with this Apolline, who was so flightily merry and careless, and in regard to whom there were so many odd rumours, new

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

And, all at once, with this Apolline, who was so flightily merry and careless, and in regard to whom there were so many odd rumours, new

The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

And, all at once, with this Apolline, who was so flightily merry and careless, and in regard to whom there were so many odd rumours, new

The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871

The farmer, while his mind still hung about thousands of pounds and a certain incomprehensible division of them to produce a distinct intelligible total, and set before him the sum of Anthony's riches, could see that his elder daughter was behaving flightily and neglecting the true interests of the family, and he was chagrined.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868