choice spirit

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Father Kipling was, in every sense, a choice spirit: gentle, kindly, and of a most remarkably even temperament.

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William

I am no choice spirit, no jolly companion; to raise a laugh is beyond me.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

"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

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