spright

Example Sentences

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I should conjecture that the very spright that “the green sour ringlets makes Whereof the ewe not bites” had manufactured it of the dew fallen on said sour ringlets.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

What e're thou be, Be'st thou her spright, or some divinitie, That in her shape thinks good to walk this grove, Pardon poor Perigot.

From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Beaumont, Francis

What hellish spright ordain'd this hatefull feast That ends with horror thus and discontent?

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

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 Henley, William Ernest

When these sad sights were overpast and gone, My spright was greatly moved in her rest, With inward ruth and deare affection, To see so great things by so small distrest.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund