spright
Example Sentences
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Hereat the hardest stones were seen to bleed, And groans of buried ghosts the heavens did pierce: Where Homer's spright did tremble all for grief, And cursed the access of that celestial thief.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
For love of her, my heart and entrails are a-fire And sicknesses consume my body and my spright.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John
Hang up your bloody colours in the air, Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare; Your merry mates cheer, with a lusty bold spright.
From The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by Dryden, John
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 Payne, John
I hope for the succour of Him in whose hand Is the Kingdom, the Maker of body and spright.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
