choice spirit
Example Sentences
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There he was a mere cypher: here he was lord of the ascendant; the choice spirit, the dominant genius.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
He won no victories of war, but he was a choice spirit in creating the means by which some of the most valuable of such victories were achieved, and conducted those victories to permanent peace.
From Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties by Seiss, Joseph A.
You read them: our choice spirit, our refin'd rare wit, 10 Suffenus, O no ditcher e'er appeared more rude, No looby coarser; such a shock, a change is there.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
"And Shelby," queried the editor, "hasn't that choice spirit your pity too?"
From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee
He was a man of a choice spirit; only he was always kept very low, and that made his life so burdensome to himself and so very troublesome to others.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
