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  • When I was that bitty little sprite's age, I was already this tall and swiftly approximating this shape.

    mrissa: They don't make things like they used to, Part 712. mrissa 2010

  • Derg and even Mellie dissolved in laughter, the first real joy Cashel had heard in the sprite's voice in far too long.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • It frightened him to see the sprite's bright hair suddenly pop from behind a lacquered screen and jump to catch a window louver.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • The sprite's acrobatics were like nothing Cashel had ever seen before, though.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • The sprite's high-pitched reply came too fast for Gary to decipher any of the words.

    The Woods Out Back Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1993

  • He had set up the warp, and was about to fill the shuttle, when his son came in and told the story, and repeated the water sprite's song.

    Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • "If you think the sprite's old office is gone, you are mistaken," said he.

    Queechy 1854

  • * You are my heart's desire, my sprite's sole happiness:

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "If you think the sprite's old office is gone, you are mistaken," said he.

    Queechy Susan Warner 1852

  • "If you think the sprite's old office is gone, you are mistaken," said he.

    Queechy, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

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