spright

Example Sentences

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See he gathers up his spright And begins to hunt for light; Now he gapes and breaths again: How the blood runs to the vein, That erst was empty!

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

But be thou of good cheer; for never shall my heart Forget thee      nor thy thought be absent from my spright.

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

His bulk itself’s pure genius, and he wears His avoirdupois with so much fire and spright    That, though the creature stands but five feet five,    You take him for the tallest He alive.

From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by Henley, William Ernest

A fine young spright was Rudolph now, with jet-black hair and eyes like coals.

From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Gask, Lilian

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