10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPRIGHTLESS»
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A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare: With ...
1641,— “ Our sprighful pulse the tide doth well resemble, Whose outside seems
more than the midst to tremble.” I notice also sprightless, Shirley, Witty Fair One,
iv. 3, l. 3,—“ The world and the devil are tame and sprightless temptations, poor ...
William Sidney Walker, 1860
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The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English ...
... vigorously; with great spirit Shak. Sprightfulnesat (sprit'ful-nes), n. Spright-
hness; briskness; liveliness; vivacity. Sprightless t (sprit'les), a. Destitute of life or
spirit; dull; sluggish; as, virtue's sprightless cold ' Surrey. Sprightliness (apritll-nes
). n.
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
Spongy, I. 77/573- Sportfull, I. 42/259. Spotty-spangled, I. 117/391. Sprawling, v., I
. 259/882. Sprenges, st., I. 139/93. Sprent, v., II. 109/516, 148/150. Sprigs, si., I. 66
/6o5. Sprightfull, I. 42/226, 46/742, 196/1407, etc. Sprightless, I. 79/782, 86/35o ...
4
The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff
... and the Absurdity of Parents who edu-cate Crowds to spend their Time in
Pursuit of such cold and sprightless Endeavours to appear in publick. It seems
therefore a fruitless Labour to attempt the Correction of the Taste of our
Contemporaries ...
Isaac Bickerstaff (pseud. van R. Steele), 1749
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The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, ...
... which the Commonalty of Scholars have pushed into the World, and the
Absurdity of Parents, who edueate Crowds to spend their Time in pursuit of such
cold and sprightless Endeavours to appear in public. It seems therefore a fruitless
...
6
The Tatler, Or Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq
... and the absurdity of parents,.who edu'cate orouds to spend their time in pursuit
os such cold and sprightless endeavours to appear in public. It seems theresore
a fruitless labour, to attempt the correction' of the taste of our' Contenporaries, ...
7
The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are ...
It is a favour on your part to receive a ' lost, dejected, sprightless—— M2's. Brom. I
admire your sensibility, Mr. Bygrove. 5 That tender look, which you are for ever
casting back to a beloved, but irrecoverable object, shows so amiable a sorrow ...
8
Collot's French-English and English-French Dictionary: ...
SPRIGIIT sprit, 1. spectre, esprit, fantome, In. SPRIGHTLESS sprit'lé's, adj. sans
ardeur. innnimé, froid. SPRIGHTLINESS sprit'1inEs, 1. vivncité, [feu, m. gaieté, f.
SPRIGIITLY sprit'lé, adj. évcillé, égrillard, vif, enjoué. SPRING spring, 1. source; ...
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
See SPRIGHTLESS. SPRPTELINESS, s.. See SPRrGH'rLINEss.—Wit and sprz'
telz'ness of conversation. Warton. SPRYTELY, adj. See SPRIGHTLY. SPRI'TELY,
adv. Gayly. You have not seene young heifiers, hihly kept; Fill'd full of daisies at ...
10
The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Abraham Cowley
Dares none Attempt what becomes Furies t Are ye grown Benumm'd with Fear, or
Virtue's sprightless cold, You, who were once (I 'm sure) so brave and bold t Oh
my ill-chang'd Condition I oh my Fate I Did I lose Heav'n for this ? With that, with ...
Abraham Cowley, Alexander Balloch Grosart, 1881
