spright
Example Sentences
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"Stand back, saucy spright," cried one of the men; "you cannot pass here."
From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
"That old Dan Geffrey, in whose gentle spright The pure well-head of poesie did dwell."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
Long-while I sought to what I might compare Those powrefull eies which lighten my dark spright; Yet find I nought on earth, to which I dare Resemble th'ymage of their goodly light.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
No trace remains in Sol's bright ray, Of boat or awful spright; For grief—or guilt conceived by day, Conspicuous is at night.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 by Various
So now unto solace I'll turn my heart, with forgetting, from thee And washing my hands of thy thought, blot despair for thee out of my spright.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by John Payne
