She was not without a certain kind of sprightliness that passed for intelligence; and she could by her adroitness of manoeuvre. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of a female slave,] Reference
This little sally may be considered as a specimen of that playful sprightliness which is so much the characteristic of the french female. From Wordnik.com. [The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot.] Reference
In all those songs there are a sprightliness and charm. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
I put my best leg out and departed with gymnastic sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873] Reference
They read, and answered numerous questions with great sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
That was not quite the right word, nor was it exactly sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Bum]
The whole are pervaded by sprightliness and good-humoured pleasantry. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
It was certainly a pleasant occupation for youth, sprightliness, and beauty. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
There was no doubt that there was a sprightliness about Emily that was stimulating. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
A sober life has preserved me in that sprightliness of thought and gaiety of humour. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference
Since the accident Hilda had grown more sad, and lost her sprightliness and enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
His genius awakens at once, and all his faculties attune to sprightliness and pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Pantomime] Reference
If you have thought me happy heretofore, you will now be astonished at my sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Expect not the sprightliness of youth from the aged; for the stream that ran by can never return. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
Warruk was growing by the hour, or at least so it seemed, and increasing in sprightliness each day. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
For Jim had remarked Gus's sprightliness in the Greek ordeal, but was not clever enough to see that. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
Two lads campaigning for Pat McCrory bolstered the crowd on in the sprightliness of Sunday service. From Wordnik.com. [Val Strange: The Fraternity of John McCain] Reference
Her countenance appeared dejected, which, on seeing Alonzo, lighted up into a languid sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
Waving a hand toward the bound volumes that filled the shelves, she went on, with strained sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Burglar's Wife]
Hence the reunions of these people have been characterized by a sprightliness and vigor and spirit that the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Here our spirits are ever young; they live in and upon the very fountain of strength, sprightliness, and joy. From Wordnik.com. [Fletcher of Madeley] Reference
'To tell you the truth, sir,' Paul returned, sitting up with a sudden sprightliness, 'my mind's not on the game.'. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
India is, however, his native country; and there he enjoys himself with a sprightliness and gaiety unknown to him in. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 264, July 14, 1827] Reference
And thus these pleasant as well as proper gifts of nature maintain the strength and the sprightliness of our bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Utopia] Reference
And thus these pleasant, as well as proper, gifts of Nature maintain the strength and the sprightliness of our bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Utopia] Reference
The glow and exaltation of the service lingered with her for weeks, and her letters are full of sprightliness and wit. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
In a sense she had the gentle grace of her mother and with that the verve and sprightliness of her father mingled perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [The Golf Course Mystery] Reference
She assumed a sprightliness not quite natural, and evidently designed to obviate the awkwardness of their peculiar relation. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
The most serious remark will be greeted with howls of approval; the most ancient joke takes on a novel and present sprightliness. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
There was, to say the least, as much manifestation of intellect and sprightliness as we ever saw in white pupils of the same age. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
To give more weight to this observation, she took two little jumps with a grace and sprightliness worthy of Mademoiselle Taglioni. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
If a woman's real self is revealed in her epistolary style, finesse, good-humor, and sprightliness were characterised in this note. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
One is full of sprightliness and agility -- he is of the blood of the mountain-cat; another is clumsy -- the musk-ox was his father. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
Amanda, who matched her alike in beauty and in sprightliness, she had long been a prey to the sling and arrows of outrageous fortune. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
It combines the solidity and stateliness of the standard hymns of the ages, with the life and sprightliness of the modern gospel song. From Wordnik.com. [The Otterbein Hymnal For Use in Public and Social Worship] Reference
They consist mostly of pleasant, well-chosen words, sympathetic, hearty tones, sprightliness, and certain winsome modulations of voice. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The black-capped titmouse or the chickadee is noticeable for his sprightliness and cheeriness, and for his trim, tailor-made appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Day; How to prepare for it] Reference
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