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These objects behave like 'children' of the sprite, so when the sprite is moved, the objects inside the sprite move too.— Recently Uploaded Slideshows
The fire and frost they thought were alive, pleased to make sport with men As people who ought to know better," observed M. Kollsen, "now think the wind is alive, and call it Nipen, or the mist of the lake and river, which they call the sprite Uldra It is true," said the bishop, "that we now have better knowledge, and see that the earth, and all that is in it, is made and moved by One Good Spirit, who, instead of sporting with men, or being angry with them, rules all things for their good.— Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"
'I am not sure but that she is a water-sprite, after all,' grumbled Waring, as he followed her.— Castle Nowhere
You would have taken her for a water-sprite, except that no water-sprite was half so beautiful You speak in raptures, cardinal," cried Henry.— Windsor Castle

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