sprightliness
Example Sentences
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It had better have strength and Sprightliness and Politeness than Nothing.
From A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) by Purney, Thomas
It should be therefore the Concern of every wise and virtuous Woman, to keep this Sprightliness from degenerating into Levity.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
The Polish Ladies are very amiable, witty, and have a good deal of Sprightliness.
The Conversation of Benedick and Beatrice in Much ado about Nothing, and of Rosalind in As you like it, have much Wit and Sprightliness all along.
From Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709) by Monk, Samuel Holt
Tho' there is little Meaning here, yet the Dancing of the Words and the Sprightliness of the Images, make it a prettier Lyrick than our Italian Opera's can produce.
From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John
