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Search phrase: sprite

Plays

17 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
As You Like It	AYL III.ii.135	The quintessence of every sprite	The quintessence of euerie sprite,
The Comedy of Errors	CE II.ii.199	We talk with goblins, owls, and sprites.	We talke with Goblins, Owles and Sprights;
Coriolanus	Cor IV.v.229	peace as far as day does night. It's spritely walking,	peace as farre as day do's night: It's sprightly walking,
Cymbeline	Cym II.iii.138.2	I am sprited with a fool,	I am sprighted with a Foole,
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.429	Appeared to me, with other spritely shows	Appear'd to me, with other sprightly shewes
Macbeth	Mac II.iii.76	As from your graves rise up and walk like sprites	As from your Graues rise vp, and walke like Sprights,
Macbeth	Mac III.v.27	Shall raise such artificial sprites	Shall raise such Artificiall Sprights,
Macbeth	Mac IV.i.126	Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites	Come Sisters, cheere we vp his sprights,
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND II.i.33	Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite	Or else you are that shrew'd and knauish spirit
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND V.i.371	Every one lets forth his sprite	Euery one lets forth his spright,
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND V.i.383	Every elf and fairy sprite	Euerie Elfe and Fairie spright,
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.380	And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.	and sweete Sprights beare the burthen.
The Tempest	Tem II.ii.114	These be fine things, an if they be not sprites.	These be fine things, and if they be not sprights:
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.ii.191	My spritely brethren, I propend to you	My spritely brethren, I propend to you
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.ii.31	with a sprite. I'll fetch her. It is the prettiest villain; she	with a sprite: Ile fetch her; it is the prettiest villaine, she
The Winter's Tale	WT II.i.26.1	Of sprites and goblins.	of Sprights, and Goblins.
The Winter's Tale	WT II.i.28	To fright me with your sprites. You're powerful at it.	To fright me with your Sprights: you're powrefull at it.

Poems

4 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.121	Intending weariness with heavy sprite;	Intending wearinesse with heauie sprite:
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.451	That thinks she hath beheld some ghastly sprite,	That thinkes shee hath beheld some gastlie sprite,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1728	Her winged sprite, and through her wounds doth fly	Her winged sprite, & through her woũds doth flie
Venus and Adonis	Ven.181	And now Adonis, with a lazy spright,	And now Adonis with a lazie sprite,

Glossary

9 result(s).

hag	malicious sprite, wicked fairy
sprite	spirit, ghost, supernatural being
sprite	torment, haunt [as if by a spirit]
sprite	spirit, feeling, frame of mind
sprite	spirit, soul
spriteful	spirited, animated, lively
spritefully	spiritedly, in a lively manner
spritely	cheerfully, merrily, in a lively way
spritely	cheerful; ghostly

Thesaurus

2 result(s).

malicious sprite	hag
sprite, malicious	hag

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

5 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
SPRIGHT	BASIC	sprite n, sprite v, spritely adj, spritely adv
SPRITE	BASIC	see SPRIGHT

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