I have ventured to supply a connecting line in place of the pentameter here dropt out; which might have been something like this: 'Inque brevi vita splendida facta micent.
Then our visitor gave us many reminiscences of his own, winding up with one wherein he observed "brevi spatio interjecto, ladies; off came my breeches.
Wretches that they are, they have even in spirit pursued me to England, causing a critic to observe that brevi spatio interjecto is my only Latin, whereas the matter is this.
I have not seen you yet," he exclaimed, proceeding brevi manu to span the small waist of the pretty hostess.
Horace advises very wisely, and in excellent good words, spatio brevi spem longam reseces; from a short life cut off all hopes that grow too long.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brevi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
