spright

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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

O thou, the love of whom doth fill my heart and overflow, Even      when wine, with water mixed, fills up the brimming bowl, O thou for whom desire torments my body and my spright!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

"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 Spenser, Edmund

"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 James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)