spright
Example Sentences
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But fayrest she, when so she doth display The gate with pearles and rubyes richly dight, Throgh which her words so wise do make their way, To beare the message of her gentle spright.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
Ah, dear my lord, oh, cause me hope again, So I may comfort me my spright wayworn.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
To the Lord of all creatures, to God be the praise, Whilst yet in the body abideth the spright!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by John Payne
We have also spright, impregnable, and other misspelt words, for which it is difficult to assign a reason.
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
His bulk itself’s pure genius, and he wears His avoirdupois with so much fire and spright That, though the creature stands but five feet five, You take him for the tallest He alive.
From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by William Ernest Henley
