espiegle

All the world raffoles of the charming Mistress and her espiegle beauty.

Vanity Fair 2006

She was indeed a charming girl, round and dimpled as a child, fresh and gay as a bird, with every gesture graceful, though she was a little espiegle and coquettish.

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

The few letters given of hers in Mr. Lockhart's life of Scott, give the impression of an amiable, petted girl, of somewhat thin and espiegle character, who was rather charmed at the depth and intensity of Scott's nature, and at the expectations which he seemed to form of what love should mean, than capable of realizing them.

Sir Walter Scott Hutton, Richard 1878

Both the pages were boys of about fifteen, of whom Osbert was quiet and sedate for a boy, while Jordan was _espiegle_ and full of mischievous tricks.

A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864

Honor was dismayed at the change from the childish _espiegle_ roundness of feature to a withered, scathed countenance, singularly old, and mournfully contrasting with the mischievous-looking waves and rings of curly hair upon the brow.

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

All the world raffoles of the charming Mistress and her espiegle beauty.

Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Her mother appeared, -- a handsome young country-woman, to whose features, originally sly and espiegle in expression, matrimony had given that decent matronly air which peculiarly marks the peasant's wife of

Old Mortality, Volume 2. Walter Scott 1801

Her mother appeared, -- a handsome young country-woman, to whose features, originally sly and espiegle in expression, matrimony had given that decent matronly air which peculiarly marks the peasant's wife of

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

_retrousse_, the dark complexion, with its bright crimson flush, always ready to glance up like a signal light in a dusky sky, when you came suddenly upon your apathetic cousin -- all this coquettish _espiegle_, brunette beauty was thrown away upon the dull eyes of Robert Audley, and you might as well have taken your rest in the cool drawing-room at the

Lady Audley's Secret 1875

Philip and Charlotte, and how they were getting on, he replied, -- 'A good deal like the print of Dignity and Impudence, 'at the same time throwing back his shoulders, and composing his countenance to imitate Philip's lofty deportment and sedate expression, and the next moment putting his head on one side with a sharp little nod, and giving a certain espiegle glance of the eye, and knowing twist of one corner of the mouth, just like Charlotte.

The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862