spright

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"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)

He opened it and found these words written therein: 'The messenger brought me a promise of union and delight; But yet      that he had mistaken 'twas constant in my spright.

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

I should conjecture that the very spright that “the green sour ringlets makes Whereof the ewe not bites” had manufactured it of the dew fallen on said sour ringlets.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

No trace remains in Sol's bright ray, Of boat or awful spright; For grief—or guilt conceived by day, Conspicuous is at night.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 by Various

What e're thou be, Be'st thou her spright, or some divinitie, That in her shape thinks good to walk this grove, Pardon poor Perigot.

From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Beaumont, Francis