choice spirit
Example Sentences
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Dined, o’er our claret, we talk of the merit, Of every choice spirit that rode in the run.
From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John)
It seemed impossible—yet—and here his big charity spoke—all of the choice spirit of the girl cannot have been swallowed up in the sordidness of a selfish, old age.
From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.
Father Kipling was, in every sense, a choice spirit: gentle, kindly, and of a most remarkably even temperament.
From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William
Navailles looked round over his companions and sighed for the absence of a choice spirit.
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
I may be mistaken, but methinks that nature has given that choice dressing to a choice spirit.
From Unfettered A Novel by Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert)
