The essay is chiefly interesting as a monument of Defoe's marvellous force of mind, and strange mixture of steady sense with incontinent flightiness.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
It seemed to her that she must have been a little flighty; but, shaking her head grimly, she decided that flightiness was not a good excuse.
"Penrod and Sam"
Booth Tarkington
"Makin' up to th' women folk just for vanity an' flightiness.
"The Secret Garden"
Frances Hodgson Burnett