| 单词 | sprite |
| 例句 | Airborne sprites jammed the avenue like stones in a bottle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Are you a magician, then? A wej sprite who grants wishes? I’m superstitious, not stupid.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From the instant Miss Mallory had held the sprite of a child to her chest on that foggy morning eleven years ago, she’d known the girl was special. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Overhead, I hear the trilling of birds calling to one another as they roost for the night and see glowing lights kindle in hollow knotholes as sprites come awake. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sprite had already begun to unlock some of the cages, and those who had been set free started to follow Kaede and her burden out of the cavern. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “If that will be your married look, I, as a Christian, will soon give up the notion of consorting with a mere sprite or salamander. But what had you to ask, thing,—out with it?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As she resheathed the dagger in her boot and stood up, the sprite who had fluttered near Elowen’s throne bobbed into sight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Kendra recognized the blue one as the downy fountain sprite she had seen in Grandpa’s office. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Around the fountain, sculptures hid like tree sprites under the topiaries—cupids playing flutes and tambourines, or ladies dancing in their rain-worn stone gowns next to the huge pots of orange trees. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She watched the sprite’s face stretch out in fear, and she whispered to it, soothing it, stroking its hair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A thrill ran through Taisin as she heard Mona describe the sprite. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s get you out of the danger zone, Captain,” urged a sprite, catching Holly by the elbow. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His thoughts were all of water monsters, of giant serpents, of demons, kelpies, and sprites... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The sprites had turned the matchbooks into beds and tables, shredded all the paper, and ripped out the centers of the books to nest inside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the world were also dwarfs—ugly creatures, but masterly craftsmen, who lived under the earth; and elves, lovely sprites, who tended the flowers and streams. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hidden underneath all of those junk sprites and garbled graphics were nine more dots, worth ten points each. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The trees are lit with tiny sprites, and I see a laughing Oak racing through them, pursued by Vivi and Taryn and—oh hell—Locke. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sprite emerged from the fortress first, followed by one of the lithe, willowy nymphs with fingers like small branches. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He loaded the clear one, shooting it into the sprite’s clammy arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The sprite reached into the folds of her filthy robe, rummaging for an age. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I felt like a sprite or a hungry leprechaun, turning over leaves in search of a treat, looking under weeds for a pot of gold, or perhaps a turnip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I stand in front of the polished wood doors, lit by two lamps of trapped sprites who fly in desperate circles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m sure I can find a trade for the fountain sprite,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She knew plenty about this forest, knew that the denizens of this place had once been faeries: gnomes, sprites, nymphs, goblins, more names than anyone could count or remember. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A beleaguered sprite was sheltering behind her ticket desk, besieged by angry gremlins. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z What outlandish scheme would involve the blackmailing of an alcohol-addicted sprite? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Memo: Remind the sprites to watch their language. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “A downy fountain sprite, found only on the island of Rod,” Maddox said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Even a sprite might be less likely to curse with the triple acorn logo winking in his face. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She bends down and extracts a strip of pictures, only gently chewed by sprites. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The fountain sprite floated up to a high corner of the room. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “The sprite. Why didn’t we simply keep the Book and leave her to die?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The sprite immediately collapsed on the mat, her entire frame quivering violently. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z So Artemis put out a call on the Web: Irish businessman will pay large amount of U.S. dollars to meet a fairy, sprite, leprechaun, pixie. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The greenwitches grumbled in response, and some insisted that they had run into klippes at twilight, or seen sprites slipping among the shadows of the Wood at Midsummer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sprite floated down to alight on the armrest of the throne, and Elowen stroked her yellow hair, making her shiver. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I run toward the sound, heart in my mouth, only to find Vivi in her room, chasing a cloud of sprites. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “One of our best sprites was picking his nose at the time. Three days on the critical list.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The sprite who had attended Elowen that last day remembered the name of the one who had saved them, and she repeated it to every fairy she set free with those keys: Kaede. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “There’s no point hexing me,” squealed the sprite, “there’s the elf you want right there.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She flitted away, like some kind of wood sprite. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z On their backs are figures representing the arts, figures that look like water sprites. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I were a male—one of your precious sprites—we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The museum is designed to recreate the essence of the magic worlds found in many of Studio Ghibli’s films, with forest animals and sprites tucked away and waiting to be discovered by eagle-eyed visitors. 10 of the best film studio tours around the world 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z “Along the way, the oddball trio will encounter ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses and lots of human fools.” Disenchantment: new details released on Simpsons creator's first show in 20 years 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Pines’s irrepressible sprite is an enchanting foil to Mr. Chao’s petulant and tearful neurotic. | 'Cheerful Insanity': ?Cheerful Insanity,? Here Arts Center - Review 2011-10-09T19:07:48Z And Dameka Hayes, in a small part, is a sprite of formidable presence. Theater Review: ‘Storyville’ Is Revived at the York Theater 2013-07-24T21:23:39Z The sprite will leave, in its place, a thank you gift. Motherlode Blog: Halloween Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Diabetes 2012-10-26T19:12:15Z He is dreamy, even otherworldly, something of a suburban sprite. Rikki Ducornet's 'Brightfellow' is a sophisticated embodiment of children's imagination 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z An herbal healer, Agnes is said to be a forest sprite. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z “There’s a kind of Welsh sprite in there, a Celtic spirit,” said Thompson, who first worked with Hopkins on the period drama “Howard’s End” in 1992. Anthony Hopkins is welcoming old age by embracing his inner child 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z A chorus of sprites – who on occasion resemble ministering nurses in a sanatorium – are a nice touch. The Tempest – review 2012-08-30T11:05:05Z There's a palpable bedrock of scientific knowledge here, from the appetites of pandas to the complex navigatory impulses of the blackpoll warbler, "a four-inch long sprite knit of feathers, hollow bones and heart". Things That Are: Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals by Amy Leach – review 2013-06-09T09:00:01Z When I turn it on, a purple sprite formed of bubbles winks at me, as if I’m taking a wee break from reality. HiMirror Mini Premium – a pitiless oracle that points out every one of my wrinkles and spots 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Though Harrison’s mother flits in and out of these pages like a malevolent sprite, leaching love, order and money from the household, “On Sunset” is not, in the end, a story of loss. Vagabond Lives: Happier Memories From Kathryn Harrison’s Childhood 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The ghoulish shrieks of this impish sprite suggests a predator stalking its prey. A spooky 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' just in time for Halloween 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z That would be Natty, not "a sprite or a vision" but the clever, beguiling 17-year old daughter of the notorious Silver, whom Jim's father parted ways with long before. 'Silver': courage and terror in the sequel to Treasure Island 2012-08-01T20:01:03Z She shot this charmer — which shows a sprite smilingly plucking real babies from a cabbage patch — on a Paris patio while working as a secretary for Gaumont, which would soon be a film powerhouse. You Know These 20 Movies. Now Meet the Women Behind Them 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She's a floating sprite, her murmurs and wordless refrains sprinkling sonic pixie dust as plucked harps, pounding drums and dynamic swells echo. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z Get On Up, in which he played James Brown as a devilish and occasionally menacing sprite, was a slight improvement. Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman: 'Everybody’s minds are opening up' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Perhaps the last of the most vivid Rankin/Bass specials, this one features Robert Morse as the title wintertime sprite, who yearns to become mortal after he falls in love with a human girl. 10 Greatest Christmas TV Specials From Your Childhood 2013-12-12T10:45:46Z Tokolosh the band, from Manchester, do not, as far as we know, include in their lineup any malevolent sprites, but they have mischievously made it rather difficult for us to pigeonhole their sound. New band of the day: Tokolosh (No 1,487) 2013-04-08T16:06:47Z Or maybe she was just a little excited to get to go on one more adventure, as if she, my little sprite in a passport, had engineered herself as a stowaway. How an old passport gave me the chance to recall a lifetime of adventures 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z In Pam Gems’s “Stanley,” Sher seemed almost airborne, a scampering sprite of a man who never walked when he could leap. No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z On small but oddly powerful wings, she will airlift the remains of their Halloween candy to her own forest home, where sugar sprite children await their unusual sustenance of corn syrup and orange dye. Motherlode Blog: Halloween Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Diabetes 2012-10-26T19:12:15Z In addition to making frequent appearances sprinkling pixie dust on the studio's logo, the blond-haired, blue-eyed, green-clad sprite anchors the popular Disney Fairies franchise of direct-to-video animated movies, books and merchandise. Reese Witherspoon to star in, produce live-action Tinker Bell movie 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Asuka has an easy life with her doting fiancé—but everything’s about to change when she discovers her childhood friend has been reborn as a folkloric water sprite, and she decides to take him home…. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z Laurie Anderson endures as the poster child for performance art, although the wry sprite with spiky hair and an electric violin prefers the term “multimedia artist.” Laurie Anderson keeps experimenting, next with ‘Letters to Jack’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The spirit—and sprite—of Lydia Davis can be felt here. My Favorite Books of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Move the digital clouds on Pearson’s “Hidden Iceland” and see, in their shadows, the giants and sprites and Viking ships just beneath that country’s peaks and fjords. Here Comes Hilda 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Or Tinkerbell, a sassy alpha sprite who in a burst of feminist solidarity entreats her sisters to a call for girl power? Review | This charming new version of J.M. Barrie’s timeless play is all about girl power 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Four Botticellian wood sprites, who could also sing divinely, led the promenade performance from tree to tree. Opera Holland Park: Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z He used to be more of an animated sprite. Actor Richard Dormer on ‘Game of Thrones’ and That Wicked Flaming Sword 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z She seems to have a sense of whimsy about revealing her presence, like a local god or mythical sprite. My Harper Lee pilgrimage: Visiting Monroeville, in search of “Mockingbird’s” essence 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z And Azema, that ageless comic sprite, hogs the screen as Mrs. Mazel; she is the one shrill note in the ensemble. The Well Digger's Daughter: Scandal in the Sunlight 2012-07-20T17:00:07Z The sprites behind the schemes could come across as craven; an online crew of viral marketers referred to non-entrepreneurial peers as “peasants.” Our Never-Ending ‘Scam Season’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Think instead of one of the senses-stroking, sumptuous banquets or parades of sprites and goddesses that he summons as evanescent home entertainment. Review: ‘The Tempest’ Stars Sam Waterston and the Weather at Delacorte Theater 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “What is it that she’s doing or able to do that captivates people? I’ve started to think about sprites — she turns herself into a mythological creature.” Eiko Steps Away From One Dance Partner, to Take on Many More 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z As he planned the new opera, he approached Ms. Luna, who had already ventured to a high G as the sprite Ariel in Mr. Adès’s adaptation of “The Tempest” at the Met in 2012. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z His Emory is a misfit sprite who, when life gets ugly, makes his own world — where he can sing, dance and dream his little heart out. 2 quirky comedies have Seattle premieres 2011-09-22T21:28:06Z With a whip in one hand and a wind-bent tree in the other, the barefoot girl makes a taunting entrance, radiating caprice like some malicious sprite. Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z She is a dainty sprite, bordering on fey in the mold of French film heroine "Amelie." Katie Holmes, armed and dainty in vigilante satire 'Miss Meadows' 2014-04-23T13:04:51Z After too many months ogling screens in my apartment, there was a surreal thrill to finally seeing people materialize before me as shipwrecked royals and island sprites. Fall Preview: The Thrill is Back. So Is the Anxiety. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The siblings’ imaginations soon run riot as they discover any number of creatures — including “soot sprites” resembling dancing particles of dust — that the adults around them can’t see. A Studio Ghibli Classic Comes to the London Stage 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Folk singer Sam Lee dances like a man possessed, in neon orange trousers, and describes a song in which a man blames catching the clap on naughty water sprites. The Big Chill 2011-08-07T11:53:31Z Yeats had in mind the spirits and sprites, the elves and fairies, the Fair Folk, imps and goblins; those creatures seen only by children, seers and healers – and poets, of course. Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest by Amos Oz | Book review 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z The coastal setting, the Gothic manse, the wind-lashed coast of ancient times with the sprites all but dancing about — this was not Hitchcock’s métier. "Rebecca" is what you get if you ask Alfred Hitchcock to manage up while crafting gothic drama 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In more grounded moments, Maria is a squeaky-voiced sprite who occasionally appears in commercials, failed sitcom pilots and ample voice-over work. ‘Lady Dynamite’ looks at mental illness with self-awareness and satire 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z We stopped and meandered along the recommended 2.4-mile Drury-Chaney Grove trail, one of several hiking options, moving like sprites around standing and fallen redwoods, navigating through emerald carpets of grand sword ferns and flowering sorrel. Airstream trailer stays add retro glam to a road trip down the Pacific Coast 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The origins of the idea of Indian sacred geography seems to lie in India's ancient pre-Vedic religions where veneration was given to sprites known as nagas or yakshas. India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z The genius sprite composing science-fiction operas on the margins of our dying planet? All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Angelina Jolie plays Maleficent, a winged fairy who watches over a peaceful realm of walking trees, friendly bog creatures, and gossipy sprites. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Maleficent’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Maybe sprites and faeries conjured up the role from youthful hours spent watching my father’s community theater rehearsals in our hometown, Anchorage, Ky. When a Corporate Picnic Plus Shakespeare Is Anything but Routine 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z His single, most memorable creation was the Playboy Femlin, his deft cartoon figure of a curvy sprite in thigh-high stockings and big hair. An Appraisal: LeRoy Neiman and the Serious Art World 2012-06-22T22:44:42Z When it tries for lightness of image, with the appearances of fairyland sprites, the creatures are wan, unbeguiling and poorly integrated into the surrounding flora. REVIEW: Maleficent: Sympathy for the Rebel 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Lust, it seems, drives everybody mad, mortals and sprites alike. ArtsBeat: London Journal: Shakespeare’s Liars and Lovers 2013-07-05T15:47:54Z Audrey Tautou breaks through as a French sprite working as a waitress who lays out elaborate practical jokes as payback for those who offend her friends. What’s on TV Saturday: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds on HBO 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Her near life-size ceramic figures of animals, sprites and fairy-tale heroines in moments of frozen intimacy are prickly and emotional in a way that’s hard to get over. Upstate Art Weekend Is Bigger Than It’s Ever Been 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The team will take part in a series of misadventures where they will encounter “ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses, and lots of human fools.” The creator of “The Simpsons” is bringing his talents to Netflix 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z At which point the older girl, a mischievous sprite, springs upright, points at a portrait on the wall and says: “Guido, tonight’s the night, the eyes in the painting will move.” Perspective | Why our art critic can’t get enough of Fellini’s ‘8 1/2,’ and the dream scene that unlocks the secret to all human creativity 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Plenty of people think Robin is a myth, beginning life as a woodland sprite somewhere in a lost pagan past. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z According to a statement from Netflix, there will be “ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses and lots of human fools.” Matt Groening Is Creating a New Show for Netflix 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Fashion loves a gamine, a sprite, an ingénue. Perspective | Let’s talk about ‘Project Runway’ stars using ‘old lady’ to describe unflattering clothes 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z His signature $6 meal included a Quarter Pounder with cheese, bacon and lettuce, a medium-sized order of fries with BBQ sauce, and a sprite. Travis Scott teams with Anheuser-Busch for Cacti spiked seltzer after successful partnership with McDonald's 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s an odd collision of styles – German high romanticism meets Hollywood glitz – but Hal Mohr’s cinematography is astonishing, a surreal visual fantasy of dancing sprites and flying unicorns. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z There are heavyweight presences – leaders, intellectuals, warriors – alongside the flimsiest sprites. Geoffrey Farmer: The Surgeon and the Photographer; Marcel Dzama: Puppets, Pawns and Prophets – review 2013-04-06T23:05:12Z Which shrewd and knavish sprites devised the Faerie Kebabs, each one a toothpick jammed into an olive, a mushroom and a dried apricot? At These High-End Dinner Theaters, Classics Come With Crudités 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The terse exchanges, the sly banter, even the lighthearted quips dance over the mundane drudgery of workplace interactions like mean-spirited sprites. "Mad Men": Stillbirth of the American dream 2010-07-17T23:01:00Z In the studio — she is on the school faculty — she is a tough motivator in the guise of a mischievous sprite. Dance: Darci Kistler, Retiring From New York City Ballet 2010-06-25T16:19:00Z Bring on the talking creatures, the derelict worlds, the crazy machines, the angels, the monsters and the sprites! Gob's Grief by Chris Adrian – review 2013-01-31T08:01:01Z If her mother was a forest sprite, what of it? Best Theater of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z With that kind of financial incentive, it’s hard to imagine kids will rebel against their benevolent dental sprite any time soon. Don’t tell the kids: The real history of the tooth fairy 2014-02-09T14:00:00Z On the surface, she may be optimistic, adorable, a forest sprite. Review: Facing Marriage and Befriending a Squirrel in ‘The Portable Veblen’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z The legendary Times fashion photographer and Gotham sprite Bill Cunningham was wandering through the crowd, snapping pictures. Op-Ed Columnist: Hunting Birds of Paradise 2011-04-06T19:39:26Z She proves a smirking, suicidal sprite who distracts him from completing his project while reminding him of his own precarious political circumstances. 'Closed Curtain' a cry for openness and art in Iran 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Her home’s other recurring theme, besides the baking, is the Japanese animation, My Neighbour Totoro, with illustrations of the giant grey-furred woodland sprite everywhere. ‘I was pretty much mute at school’: how Bake Off’s Kim-Joy found happiness 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Peri, the food sprite who serves as the eye-opening guide, explains the historic, religious and cultural details that should fascinate adults as well as youngsters. This Delicious Graphic Novel Gets to the Heart of Desserts 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The sprites dance, too, in exuberant patterns devised by Matthew Gardiner, to Jenny Giering’s richly emotional score. Ethan McSweeny’s “Tempest” casts a bright, uplifting spell 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Hayes, no longer the adorable sprite from “Will and Grace,” has clearly made a careful study of Levant’s mannerisms, many of them the result of a longtime addiction to painkillers. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “She’s just one of these magical people — you always find yourself running into her at the exact right moment, like a tree gnome or a woodland sprite,” Mr. Reilly said. John C. Reilly’s Group in Lincoln Center Songbook Series 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z There is perhaps a smidgen of Orientalism in the series’s framing of its Japanese star as a sprite who flutters efficiently across a nonspecific U.S.A., gracing its chaotic households with wisdom. “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” Reviewed: The Organizational Consultant as Freelance Exorcist 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It is a solo in the character of an impish sprite, and from the first steps — an outburst of springy jumps that bend sideways in the air — Ms. Orihara established her technical precision. Dance Review: Miki Orihara Links Today’s Choreography With Yesteryear’s 2014-05-11T20:33:02Z His high jinks as Passalus seem to hijack a play that might have been stronger and more rewarding if that frisky sprite had stayed back in ancient Greece. | 'Go Back to Where You Are': From Amphitheater Bit Player to God?s Errand Boy 2011-04-13T02:01:25Z Pandora's box had been opened, and all the sprites were flying out. Jon Savage on song: The Dovers open their Third Eye 2010-10-04T12:55:00Z The toyshops of Heidelberg, their wares clearly cobbled together by wood sprites with tiny hammers, begged for a child’s awed gasps. On a Family Road Trip Through Germany: Fairy Tales, Castles and Cuckoo Clocks 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Slate: The Internet can either be a beautiful meadow for creative sprites to dance around in or a garbage dump for people with bad manners to spew their angst. Round Table: Four self-possessed voices from Young Hollywood 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The show’s makers also used crowd sprites, in which actors were filmed individually on green screens and then arranged to appear as part of the crowd. Digital Replicas, a Fear of Striking Actors, Already Fill Screens 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Children can also hear stories about the resident sprites and at 11 a.m. enjoy the spell cast by the music of the Metropolitan Four, a flute quartet. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Braid dandelions or daisies into a floral crown, and the wearer becomes a forest sprite. Decorate your home using materials that come straight from the garden 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Pee-wee is a sprite, a creature of myth, like Pan — immune to time or decay or serious illness. Paul Reubens is gone. Why Pee-wee Herman is destined to live on 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The setting suits Martin, who exudes a kind of wry wood sprite energy, if wood sprites wore black T-shirts and khakis. Need a little optimism? Mae Martin has some for you in the Netflix comedy special 'SAP' 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Likewise, Spergel singled out sprites—mysterious sprawling flashes of light that commercial pilots have reported seeing above intense thunderstorms. Bad Data, Not Aliens, May Be behind UFO Surge, NASA Team Says 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z When Messi and team arrived, the sprite with all the ingenuity had scored six goals in World Cups yet none in any knockout rounds. A Lionel Messi-Kylian Mbappé World Cup final (with some other good players, too) 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Scientists can also use the crowdsourced power of everyday people looking at the sky to better understand other known-but-rare atmospheric phenomena, of which there are plenty, such as red sprites and hole-punch clouds. NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z With a name that calls to mind a 6-foot-4 sprite — Jack of the Dell — he’s the king of the tasteful groove, with sly flourishes and nary a beat out of place. Perspective | A mainstay of the music scene is trading D.C. for Australia 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But the developers weren’t as limited when it came to how much they could put on screen and weren’t forced to do things like reuse animations or character sprites in the interest of saving memory. How Shredder’s Revenge captures the essence of classic TMNT arcade games 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Early on, to some extent, sprites were simply dismissed as illusory before being found as authentic, albeit very strange. Bad Data, Not Aliens, May Be behind UFO Surge, NASA Team Says 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z It is a delightfully weird film, with dust sprites and forest creatures and something called a Cat Bus. Perspective | We’re eagerly anticipating our daffodils — if they survive our dog, that is 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z In a sport that has so many women with massive shoulders and thighs, Diggins looks like a sprite in her racing suit, and it’s not clear exactly where she gets her power. Jessie Diggins wins bronze in the individual sprint, her second Olympic medal. 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z I already figured out how to turn the player sprite in the default game Pulp loads with into a big letter J, which of course will be totally necessary for my future masterpiece. You can now make a Playdate game right in your browser 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s the kind of arcade game that lures you in: big sprites, bright colors, inventive worlds, a bubbly soundtrack. Clockwork Aquario brings a long-lost arcade game back to life 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The monochrome look of the original Game Boy is crisp and clear, but it especially shines when you’re playing color games where you can really see the sprites pop. Analogue Pocket review: Game Boy games have never looked so good 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Jack teams up with a team of elves, fairies, pixies and sprites to infiltrate the bowels of the wicked great tree of life for a final confrontation with the devilish Lord. Blu-ray movie review: ‘Legend: Limited Edition’ 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Players round up a group of helper characters, in this case forest sprites, and call on them to clear paths, carry items or sometimes battle an evil creature until it helpfully disappears. A love letter to cozy games, the gentle game movement we need right now 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Plus, a sprite bumping into a virtual wall isn’t nearly as funny as watching a toy crash into something or roll off a kitchen table. Sphero’s cute car-shaped robot is driven to teach kids about programming 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The young attarwallah, perhaps relieved to see a friendly face in this tough crowd, was upon me like a sprite. The Fragrances That Changed the Field 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z For example, there are eight hidden 8-bit sprites that appear on the walls when you activate a switch, but the only one I found was Peach. Super Nintendo World is sensory overload 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Under this gesturing, growling, fiery sprite of a dude, the team is sturdier, more focused, playing harder, playing smarter. Column: For resilient Bruins, a magical victory on John R. Wooden Drive 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Twenty-some years ago, the Calvert Dance Band was playing a gig on a barge in Baltimore Harbor when an energetic sprite of a woman approached our conductor and whispered in his ear. Opinion | When Cicely Tyson led the band 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z I was transfixed as a 5-year-old at the relaxed lifestyle of the tiny digital sprites that lived in our basement desktop. Reality TV meets video games ... on Facebook? A new social experiment 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z In English folklore, sprites are supernatural quick-witted characters. NASA's Juno spacecraft discovers that sprites haunt Jupiter’s atmosphere 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “All the candy is going to be individually bagged and delivered by a sprite on a zip line, bursting out of a curtain,” Skip said. Perspective | Put on a frightful face: This former CNN makeup artist got his start in horror 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z To imagine that rejecting the amendment, and leaving redistricting in the hands of the legislature, would produce fairer and more balanced maps is to believe in leprechauns and forest sprites. Opinion | Virginians can fight gerrymandering by voting yes on Amendment No. 1 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z He is no longer just a grainy sprite on a screen who cheated more than three decades ago. Carlos's 1986 World Cup foul and the value of rethinking our villains | Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Deakin’s book begins with an ecstatic moat swim in summer rain, amid “water sprites springing up on tiptoe like bright pins over the surface.” The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Scientists long suspected that sprites and elves occurred on Jupiter. NASA's Juno spacecraft discovers that sprites haunt Jupiter’s atmosphere 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z According to their menu, the drink features peach vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, sprite, and lemon. 'Subpoena Colada': DC bars offer impeachment-themed drinks during first day of hearings 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Bicyclists and an actor’s troupe enter a 19th-century Tuscan forest and fall under the spell of sprites. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z A vacation becomes a nightmare when a malevolent sprite steals a family’s baby. Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: 'Throne of Blood' and more 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z She called me one day and said, “Get yourself over here. They’re interviewing for a 3 1/2-inch sprite that doesn’t talk... It’s a Disney.” Tinker Bell model Margaret Kerry recalls starring in Disney’s “Peter Pan,” addresses Marilyn Monroe rumors 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Primal Daoist reverence for nature emerges, while up close they evoke ancient pictograms of sprites, dancers, warriors and unexplained abstract signs. Review: LACMA’s ‘Art of Korean Writing’ reveals the brilliance in each brushstroke 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Last week, Maza tweeted a very viral thread about how Crowder had targeted him for harassment, calling him — among other epithets — a “lispy sprite,” a “little queer,” and a “gay Latino from Vox.” Bowing to pressure, YouTube will reconsider its harassment policies 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Winter sprite Jack Frost must save the day when an evil boogeyman schemes to stop the world’s children from believing in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other immortal Guardians. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In the upper atmosphere, lightning sprites flashed above thunderheads, vertical columns of crimson whose lifespans were less than the human eye can comprehend. A billion dots of light 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z When Dan Reed ordered up a score for his documentary, he asked the composer to evoke the image of a shimmering sprite leading two boys deeper and deeper into an enchanted forest. Opinion | The King of Pop — and Perversion 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The world was a cartoonish expanse of pink trees and purple rocks, stirred by the occasional alien sprite. The rise and fall of a super-intelligent, self-aware Facebook game 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “The lines and fills he played inside the regular country tunes were like smoke and magic, wafting in and out of the soundscape like surreptitious sprites.” Ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith revisits topical, cult 1972 album with latest tour 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z A matchmaking sprite recalls the story of a young poet and a dancer, which may or may not have inspired the famous ballad. The Imagined Story Behind Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z They look like cheerful, glittery sprites, eager to accompany us on a journey. Review: Raúl de Nieves' bedazzled mosaics and fantastical little friends at Freedman Fitzpatrick - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z And suddenly, the sprite turns into a monster. Opinion | The King of Pop — and Perversion 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Isaac Pareto: The Conjurer would do stuff like replace all the tree sprites with laser cannons, because it said weapons had “stronger engagement” than forests. The rise and fall of a super-intelligent, self-aware Facebook game 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z If her parents mourned the fey little sprite she had been, they loved her too tenderly to give her the least sign of it. “Cecilia Awakened” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z I scour the sun-scorched grass in the graveyard of the beautiful Victorian church of St Mary the Virgin for signs of sprite life but find only rabbit droppings and a few sweet wrappers. Touring a county with 'special energy' - using a 1939 guide 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Tuck was Puck, Shakespeare’s mischievous sprite from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - if Puck had been a Democratic Party campaign consultant with a major fixation on Richard Nixon. Political prankster and Nixon nemesis Dick Tuck dead at age 94 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z In life, as in acting, Cumming seems a joyful sprite, a touch campy and seemingly up to no good. Q&A: Alan Cumming loves to knit (and is in a new TV show, ‘Instinct’) 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Now in need of names, the phenomena were christened sprites and elves because of their fleeting, mysterious nature. Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Tessa Virtue is so relatable as a strong, stylish woman, not a petite sprite. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Are Ice Dancing’s King and Queen 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Likewise, the model seems to float, in a whimsical 3-D garment that makes her look like a woodland sprite. Sunday Best: Iris Van Herpen 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The shelf is no longer good enough as parents craft elaborate scenarios for the wandering Yuletide sprites. Can you find all the Santas in this illustration? He is not some ultra-sophisticated ergonomic sprite, working by not working, his diffident wandering disguising a furious efficacy; all those games when he drifted around ineffectively in a reverie, he was just drifting around. Arsenal have refound their groove but fear remains that further lapses loom | Jonathan Wilson 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z "It's a pulse of the electric field that travels up. For the sprite - when the atmosphere gets thin, the field can get a discharge." Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z However, Sackville-West's book about an ageless sprite who moves into the world's most famous dolls' house was one of handful to be written specifically for the project. Tiny royal doll house book published 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z He grumbles, giggles and gyrates his way through the story like a debauched sprite, leaving a gaping emotional hole at the film’s centre. “Last Flag Flying” and the muddled politics of war 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Like Ariel, the harmless sprite of the forest, all he craves is to be “set free” – agents, contracts and sole approved destination pending. Despite this clod-hopping powerplay, Diego Costa may be on to something | Barney Ronay 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Scanlon described the untitled film as an adventure set in a suburban fantasy world without humans populated by elves, sprites, unicorns and other creatures that mixes the magical with the mundane. All the intel on Disney and Pixar's new slate of animated films (now with more unicorns) 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z But it is possible to spot sprites elsewhere. Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The sprite ballerinas first met at the Adna Grange Hall where they were enrolled in youth dance classes when Hill was 5 years old and Witchey was just 3. Young ballet dancers prepare for prestigious ballet school 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z But it will be fascinating to see how this compelling little sprite of a footballer finds room to grow and assert his will, a mere superstar in the presence of greatness. Neymar won’t leave Barcelona while he is hovering close to the throne | Barney Ronay 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z In New York, he was the perfect missing organic link in this concrete jungle, a magic sprite who cheered up the downtrodden souls trudging the streets. Long Live Benjamin 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z His City team gave a powerhouse performance, shaped by a virtuoso display from David Silva, the floating midfield sprite, and marked by ruthlessness. Manchester City cruise past West Ham thanks to David Silva masterclass 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z This will allow the international team of researchers, for many of whom this is the culmination of decades of work, to determine where in the cloud sprites or jets originate. Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Hovering above the stage is a blue figure - nicknamed Mushy by the crew - a virtual version of Ariel, Shakespeare's shape-changing sprite. Shakespeare's Tempest gets mixed reality makeover - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The falling out with Eden Hazard at Chelsea stemmed in part from an insistence his creative sprite play through the pain of an ongoing hip injury. José Mourinho and injuries: a long, public, darkly productive relationship | Barney Ronay 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z At the end of the “Midsummer,” the only truly interesting character is the jester/sprite Puck who neatly sums up the play in Act 3: “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” ‘The Lost Girls’: A midsummer night’s nightmare 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z “When I first saw him years ago,” says Deller, “l felt he had an otherworldly quality. I thought, ‘He’s like a mischievous wood sprite.’ Raw power: why Iggy Pop posed naked for Jeremy Deller's Life Class 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z While elves are mainly spotted over warm ocean waters, sprites tend to occur over land. Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The lightning sprites were seen as fleeting flashes of brilliant red light above the clouds. Rare, Colorful Lightning Sprites Dance Over Hurricane 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z In fourth grade, he was in approximately the same place as the little sprites with their hands up. A New York School Where Students Learn to Read by Sculpting Words 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Simone Biles, that sprite of exuberance, has four gold medals in gymnastics. We’re Winning! 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The image was taken in Punta Banco, a small village on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, and shows a very rare type of lightning called a sprite. In pictures: Weather Photographer of the Year - BBC News 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The sprites were spotted by meteor observers, who had cameras trained on the sky to follow the trails of shooting stars. Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The rare atmospheric phenomena, known as lighting sprites, were photographed by an observer about 400 miles southwest of Puerto Rico. Rare, Colorful Lightning Sprites Dance Over Hurricane 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The reserved, 5-foot-2 sprite earned the crowd’s favor throughout the week, and she began her runner-up speech with an endearing, “Hi, guys.” Yanina Wickmayer ends American’s run, wins second title at Citi Open 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z "I feel like we’re in the early days of video games here, where we’ve got these sprite sheets jumping around on a screen and people are like, this is mind blowing, you know." Dream Park: From giant robots to haptic spiders, the real future of virtual reality 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z “In Germany, kobolds are house sprites that brewed in the cellar at night,” he said recently. Bend brewing boom includes nanobrewers 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z They are the most common TLE, thought to occur twice as often as sprites. Hunting mystery lightning from space 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In fact, evidence of sprites is so rare, the phenomenon was thought to be a myth until it was photographed by a pilot in 1989. Rare, Colorful Lightning Sprites Dance Over Hurricane 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Folger Theatre will feature Washington actor Holly Twyford as the doofus Bottom and Erin Weaver as the mischievous sprite Puck, in a production directed by Aaron Posner. What’s on tap in local children’s theater 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Ireland is known for its fairy tales of leprechauns and sprites, but it turns out there's something even stranger hiding out in the mists—bog bodies. Mummies Around the World—Dried, Smoked, or Thrown in a Bog 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Users are asked to maneuver a pixelated retro sprite wearing a propeller hat through a tiny sliver of space between two swinging hammers for as long as possible. The new mobile game from the creator of Flappy Bird will drive you crazy 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z “It’s funny how you collect a few things, and then it keeps growing,” said Ms. Sweetheart, a mirthful sprite of a woman, just under 5 feet tall. The Green Queen of Brooklyn 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z See another view of the sprites over Matthew. Rare, Colorful Lightning Sprites Dance Over Hurricane 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Neymar is simply a beautiful player, a lovely little woodland sprite made from sherbet and twigs, all balance and grace and perfectly detailed moments. Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar bring light amid football’s darkness | Barney Ronay 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The album ends with "Butterfly," a song that begins with an airy, forest sprite introduction, before a sound like a needle stopping on a record jolts the song to a stop. On Art Angels, Grimes gives us every version of herself 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z What is unusual, however, is seeing lightning sprites, which were observed on August 10th by astronauts aboard the space station. Six amazing sights that look even better from the ISS 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Norvell uses terms like sprite, skippy, pepper, cardinal, longhorn - a foreign language to laymen, native tongue for the players in the room. Behind the scenes at an Arizona State football practice 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Still, the precise details of how sprites form is unknown. Rare, Colorful Lightning Sprites Dance Over Hurricane 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “Motion” subroutines tell the sprite how and where to move. No assembler required 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z This adds a wide variety of things from re-imagined sprites and backgrounds to new features and some new story and item content the fans of the game crave. 'Terraria' 1.3 Update Makes Multi-Player Easy 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z And when you re-render Mario’s spunky little sprite in the world of Unreal Engine 4, things really kick up a notch. Super Mario Is Back And He's Better Than Ever Powered By Unreal Engine 4 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The sprites don’t just manage their individual emotions, but they also embody them. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Inside Out’ 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The actor-musician stars as the wise-guy sprite Puck in a more imaginative version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece that runs a little shorter, includes some razzle-dazzle and adds music played by Cearley on ukulele and other instruments. Nick Cearley on playing Puck, gay pride month, The Skivvies 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Green was changeable, capricious, as uncontrollable as fate, no more to be trusted than a green-skinned goblin or sprite. Our World, Ever Green 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z And of the three kids, this most afflicted my youngest, Virginia — my carefree, lissome river sprite. Sally Mann’s Exposure 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Look at this boss character below, for instance, which used rotating, overlapping sprites to simulate a 3D effect: Three of the best Sega Genesis games ever are coming to Nintendo 3DS in 3D 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Before Yoshida closed the brief announcement, he remarked that “Enthusiasm from developers reminds me of early days of game development, going from 2D sprites to 3D graphics in 1994 on the original PlayStation.” Sony's Project Morpheus Boasts 120Hz Refresh Rate, Launches First Half Of 2016 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It most closely resembles a Greek tragedy, with its chorus of six sprites, swells of elation and agony, and its dash of melodrama. Courtney Love Stars in an Avant-Garde Opera Introducing a sprig of holly into the home allowed a homeowner to accommodate these unpredictable sprites, who occasionally meddled in human affairs. Holly Trees Are Resilient, and a Bit Mystical 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Joe Kristan would characterize it as finding the the tax fariy – that magical sprite who make your taxes go away painlessly while your sucker friends send checks to the tax man. Seventh Circuit Will Not Let Tax Protester Blame His Lawyer For Conviction 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde from Pac-Man In the arcade classic Pac-Man, players steered a yellow sprite through a maze, chomping pellets and fruit, as red, pink, orange and cyan enemies tried to ambush him. The 10 best ghosts 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z To avoid implying that anyone knew their physical mechanisms, the strange lights were given the fanciful name sprites, inspired by the mysterious and fleeting characters populating Shakespeare’s "The Tempest." On the Hunt for a Sprite on a Midsummer’s Night 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z "For Passage and Gravitation, I actually experimented with various resolutions for the characters," says Rohrer, who tried sprites of 8 x 8, 16 x 16, and 32 x 32 pixels. Pixel art games aren't retro, they're the future 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The result is beautifully detailed backgrounds, larger sprites with wonderful animation, and some advanced visual techniques like parallax scrolling that add some depth to the levels. 'Shovel Knight' is a long-lost NES classic without the cartridge 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z For all that there will be much to ponder in the next four days, not least an obvious weakness at full-back and an over-reliance in attack on that wonderfully limber attacking sprite of a No10. Neymar ensures World Cup hosts Brazil start with win over Croatia 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Russia reasserted itself as the world’s dominant figure skating power Sunday at the Sochi Olympics, and it did so on the shoulders of a 15-year-old sprite. Julia Lipnitskaia clinches team figure skating gold for host Russia; Americans take bronze 2014-02-09T23:43:00Z Depending on his skill and luck and the presence of storms, Mr. Ashcraft might get one or two sprite images a night, or more than 300. On the Hunt for a Sprite on a Midsummer’s Night 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z One way to do this is to combine images into sprites. Image Performance 2014-01-22T11:00:00Z Sprinkled throughout are whimsical garden scenes that use trompe l’oeil to conjure up a flower box populated by sprites, songbirds perched on a trellis and other vignettes. As Prisoner, the Artist in Skakel Came Out 2013-12-12T21:32:35Z In that game, I control the main platforming character while she uses the gamepad to move a helpful little sprite around. Nintendo Cuts Wii U Price 2013-08-28T15:51:00Z "It appears to be a typical 'red sprite', sometimes called a 'carrot' sprite owing to its distinctive shape," Mr McFarland said. Rare phenomenon seen over Armagh 2013-07-31T05:33:30Z The visuals are raw, the sounds discordant; these are menageries of stuttering sprites and strange effects. Outsider art: Michael Brough on creating strange elegant games alone 2013-07-05T12:15:46Z The little sprites are very nippy and light. Healey sports car creator remembered 2013-05-12T07:01:21Z To develop a prototype you do not need god knows how many top notch sprites. Press Start: Batman Arkham Origins multiplayer, BBC transmedia plans and more 2013-04-24T08:01:00Z So I found every instance of those sprites and replaced them with the Pauline “white” color. Feminist hero dad hacks Donkey Kong for daughter 2013-03-11T18:54:00Z The sprite appeared as a carrot-shaped flash of light The Armagh Observatory has captured a rare atmospheric phenomenon known as a 'sprite' on film. Rare phenomenon seen over Armagh 2013-07-31T05:33:30Z Most work on sprites—fan-shaped, fireworklike flashes that last no more than a few millisecond—hasn't noted such emissions, possibly because researchers weren't looking for them. ScienceShot: Broadcast From On High 2012-12-20T17:15:00Z Kit Juckes, global strategist at Société Générale, turns to Shakespeare to explain the mood in the Square Mile today: "A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins". Autumn statement 2012 - live coverage of George Osborne's speech 2012-12-05T14:46:12Z The announcer yet again delighted in the sight of the blond sprites at the front. Too Fast, Too Soon? Young Endurance Runners Draw Cheers and Concerns 2012-11-05T20:30:06Z When I woke up, I finished off the sprites, then swapped the palettes. Feminist hero dad hacks Donkey Kong for daughter 2013-03-11T18:54:00Z The old 2D sprites are replaced with a full 3-d world, and yet the game still runs smoother than some old Zynga games. Farmville 2: First Impressions 2012-09-06T16:14:46Z Also, the team estimates, the stronger the electric field in a sprite, the higher the frequency of radio emissions will be. ScienceShot: Broadcast From On High 2012-12-20T17:15:00Z From that instant, the Poles rushed forward like sprites. Euro 2012: Poland 1, Russia 1: Poland Ties Russia, Capping a Violent Night 2012-06-12T23:23:44Z Characters have moved from sprites to polygons, to eerily lifelike motion-capture performances – but there's no chance of Mario making a dimensional leap into realism. Can the Wii U and Super Mario come to the rescue of console gaming? 2012-06-05T13:18:44Z Then Alice thought that perhaps she might raise a sprite or a goblin of some magical person by reading Andersen's Fairy Stories backward. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:30.783Z They gather round the spot where the tin stood and peer into the ground, as though some sprite had bewitched it into the earth. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z A sprite streamer at an altitude of 40 km, where the atmosphere is much thicker, might generate radio waves with frequencies up to 300 kHz. ScienceShot: Broadcast From On High 2012-12-20T17:15:00Z Matters seemed to be arranged conveniently; as, indeed, they were, if sprites were laying snares for Robert Armathwaite's feet. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z She was like a little mischievous old sprite instead of the soft, tender, mysterious being who had petted them so sweetly and told them the quiet story of gentle Aur�ole the other day. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z Where are the stage mechanists who assisted George Conquest, that unique representative of sprites and gnomes, who achieved success by "leaps and bounds?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z The Fearless slipped through the long swells as swiftly as a water sprite, “footing it featly” on her road to Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pacific. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was a lark, that was all; and despite Jim's warning touch she was up and away like the mischievous sprite that she was. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z And at last the gentle old lady succeeded in capturing her refractory granddaughter, and led the dancing sprite away to her own room. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z Why not, rather, have followed the gauzy sprite, and learned something of her ways, something of the mission she is performing as she flits from leaf to leaf? Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Even poor St. Michel was groaning over his ignorance of such a personage,—if indeed he be a wight, and not a sprite. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Little sprites they seemed as they chased the refluent wave for their food, sometimes overtaken and borne off their feet by the glancing surf. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z If she refused to countenance the tub and its attendant sprites, she might be withholding from the sick a saving and certain cure. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Sour sprites, Moaning and chuckling, What have you hidden from me? Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z For now they reach the hill Whence those wild notes are heard; The dwarfish fiends stand still, The hills their sides uprear'd, And made a mighty void, Whence fiercer sprites glower'd grim. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z It gave us ghosts and goblins, spooks and sprites, and little devils that swarmed in the bodies of men, and it gave us hell where the souls of men will roast in eternal flames. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Teach me, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine: I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Unpleasant as the owner felt this spoiling of his mansion by a bugbear, the nocturnal sprite was not without advantages, for the great security it gave from thieves. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z He heard a shimmering sprite of regret in her voice: regret not that he did not care for these people, but that these people should be what they were. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Like fairy sprites, a thousand birds Glance by on golden wing, Birds lovelier than the lovely hues Of the bloom wherein they sing. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z She was an angel, a sprite, a Hamadryad, in fact everything tender and immaterial. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z The blackening wave is edged with white, To inch and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the water sprite, Whose screams forebode that wreck is nigh. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Luck had proved so tricksy a sprite that the most trivial object might well take its fancy and overset the balance of its favours. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Nature has probably told the winter chippies that rose hips are no good—spring decorations must not be pilfered by the snow sprites. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z What though the clustering roses came Like restless gleams of magic flame, As if they loved thy feet, To win thee like a summer sprite, With purest touches of delight, To the Fairy Queen's retreat! The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Old Mr. Wesley's pet knock, though, the sprite could not deliver. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z In childhood and boyhood this "palace" was inhabited by a tricksy sprite. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z May I ask if it is the sprite of the ruins to whom we are indebted for this bounty?' A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Gnome, nōm, n. a sprite guarding the inner parts of the earth and its treasures: a dwarf or goblin. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Then of their own sweet Isle of Palms, Full many a lovely lay He sung;—and of two happy sprites Who live and revel in delights For ever, night and day. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z O soul! could you but doff this flesh and bone, You'd soar a sprite about the heavenly throne; Had you no shame to leave your starry home, And dwell an alien on this earthly zone? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Walking with her one day, her sister Annie, always half angel, half sprite, pointed to an object in the road. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z By-and-by, That fowl's avenging sprite, Set his cloven foot for spite In her eye. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Goblin, gob′lin, n. a frightful phantom: a fairy: a mischievous sprite. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The Jesuits who had such things, and talked in such learned language could surely be nothing less than hobgoblins, unnatural sprites and wicked spirits. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Hard by, a towering foxglove leans into space, bearing two joyous sprites. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z Or it may be the sprite that looks out of the gray eyes. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The tricksy sprite did erst assist At hushed Verona's moonlight tryst; Sweet Capulet! thou wert not kissed By light winds only. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Had he been a sprite, or a djin, he couldn’t have popped up with more startling rapidity. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z With Truffaldin the Prince is sped; Morgana sends a sprite To wait upon the pair and blow them forward in their flight. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In such meadows the short-billed marsh wren, a slightly smaller sprite, prefers to live. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Many ballads tell of the beautiful huldre, of the fay who presages the destruction of fishermen, of the water sprite, and of the brownies who, living underground, are covetous of cattle. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z But the presence of water here makes it necessary for visitors to sit upon the shoulders of two or three shaggy and uncleanly-looking sprites. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z These sprites could change themselves into any form, and at death the individual was delivered up to judgment by these companions, who testified to his actions during life. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It might have been the same wind sprites that carry the seeds of the laurel and the pine so far up the mountain flanks. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z Count that a red-letter day on your calendar when first you see either this tiny, dainty sprite, or his next of kin, the golden-crowned kinglet, fluttering, twinkling about the evergreens. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z But it is a shy sprite and does not readily come to one's call. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z They might have been humans, but to the boys they looked like nothing more or less than water sprites. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z It would be as useless to discuss, at this point, the actuality of what are called "spectres," as of other things named fairies, pixies, gnomes, or sprites. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Boyish and slender, child-limbed, quick and proud, A sprite of irresistible disdain, Fair as a jonquil in an April rain, You seemed too sweet an imp for that dull crowd.... Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z We'll frighten the phantoms of night, And serenade, far under the depths, The river's listening sprite! Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z She is a sprite created to awake sentiments which must be satisfied by others; or, perhaps, remain unsatisfied, and thus stimulate the brush of the painter and the pen of the poet. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Indeed, Prudence, I have seen no ghost, and goodman Wizard has failed me utterly; nor sprite nor phantom has been near me. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z A little five-year-old girl joined her, flitting about like a sprite. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z “I have much difficulty in persuading myself it is not the work of some malignant sprite.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z When the autumn foliage is all aglow with yellow and flame this tiny sprite comes out of the north, where neither nesting nor moulting could rob him of his cheerful spirits. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Humour is mode and form, Wit thought and sprite; Both to combine is Comedy's delight. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z "And so you shall, you sprite, you Ariel, you moonlight wonder!" he exclaimed, as he perched her on his shoulder and rose to his feet again. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z The sprite was in advance, with arms outstretched. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z I. I am the sprite That reigns at night, My body is fair for man's delight. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Foot it featly here and there, And sweet sprites the burthen bear. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Waving her wand, she summoned her “gladsome sprites,” and next moment the Fairy Ring was thronged with dancing Elves who wore red caps and silver shoes, with bright green mantles buttoned with bobs of silk. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z A few steps forward and this nymph of the woods, this naiad of the mountains, plunged into the clear, cold waters of the pool—a water sprite and her fountain! The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Behind, and to the right and left of it, the gentle murmur of the sister streams sounded like ghostly whisperings of evening sprites, busy spreading their grey mantles over the distant landscape. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Ah! see how deftly, with his lifted bow, He strikes the chords of ecstasy and woe, And wakes the wailing of the sprite within That knows not sin. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z French fairies and sprites are as distinguishable from German spectres as a spruce and daintily-gloved dandy, jauntily promenading the Boulevard Coblence, is different from a burly German porter, carrying a heavy load upon his shoulders. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z And when, tired of the deceptions of beauty, I would only follow merit, the wanton little sprites suggested detections still more mischievous. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z The most benignant sprite of all Fairyland, has inspired you with this gracious disposition to dub me your knight.' The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z For the moment I love to think of you as I first beheld you in the garden this afternoon—a fairy or sprite . . . The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z On no account could they be induced to pay homage to any such mischievous sprites of the lake. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Jeannette did not fear the fairies, knowing that a single sign of the cross would put any malignant sprite to flight. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z I've hummed the music after thee as well As changing tones of youth allowed, and fear, And vexing sprites that choke the upward swell. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z The benevolent sprites, who have urged me hither, have not given me a jot of information how you became known to Mrs Ireton? The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Instead, one thought of sprites and fairies dancing merrily together. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z Under the spell of the kind little sprite who had been their guest, the cottage was never approached by any unkind visitors. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z That pretty, piquant, fascinating sprite had shouldered her knapsack and was fighting a battle royal. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z At first men thought she was some lissom sprite of spring arriving, decorated with the dewdrops of dawn. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z I took them for envious sprites, jealous of my repose! The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z You might fancy that you heard the songs of the elves and woodland sprites. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z The shivering sprite wiped his eyes and promised that he would weep no more. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Hester at twenty was a laughing, dancing sprite, yet with a certain quaintness and matureness of mind that amused and delighted her father’s friends. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z For each little sprite Is a rhythm of light; And sweet are their lips Like honey-bee’s sips! The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z The zephyrs play; day fades; cards come; crowding sprites pile into the game, and twist all into a fairy cable. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The fairies were all blue-eyed and fair-haired, and in their thin gauzy robes looked true gossamer sprites, as light as air. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Shimmering colors wrapped each little sprite in a misty glow, while their wings were frosted like those of a butterfly. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z The tiny sprite performed his dance From tree to wind-tossed tree, Alive with joy and pure delight… He knew no pain, no discontent, And thus immersed, called life a dream. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z They seem indeed winged sprites, playing everywhere, in fields and open woods, along roads, lanes, and brooks, in door-yards and gardens—wherever, in fact, a bit of open space invites their presence. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Somewhere 87 lately he had seen, or heard described, such a sprite of a girl as this. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Who shall help them against the wicked sprites whose gambols produce snowdrifts, burying men and cattle? or who protect them from the evil witch stealing about in the gloaming with sickness in her train? For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z This was followed by a wild, elfin passage in triple time—a sort of grotesque interlude, like the dance of sprites upon the lawn. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Louise rushed right and left like a sprite, seeing to the fire, breaking the eggs, and turning out an omelette with surprising celerity. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z There never was anything more musical than the way that laughter was taken up, as if there were a thousand sprites laughing too. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z "Poor wandering sprite, where is the home your tearful eyes are seeking?" said the prince, overwhelmed by pity as he saw the grief-worn face. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Fifine, the gipsy beauty of the show, will illustrate my meaning: this woman is to me a queen, a sexless, bloodless sprite; yet she has conquered me. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Recording sprites Have taken down the gipsy's oath of blood; And now shall all men see, all nations tell, How, from the ashes of this trampled heart Did all triumphant rise the gipsy queen. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z There was less of the eager sprite about her, a suggestion of some sobering experience in her eyes—the shadow of her mother's death—which had banished her unthinking and careless childhood. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Space Invaders has no plot and no lead role; the aliens are constructed out of barely animated sprites, which won't give modern special effects experts much to work with. What does Hollywood want with old arcade games? 2011-07-12T14:34:00Z Jessie had worn her famous ballet costume, and was as pretty as a little captive sprite. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Grant me this, aerial sprite, And a balmy rest by night, Blest by visions of delight! Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z "I thought at least I might retain my crown as the poet of the family, and to be rivaled by you—a light-footed fawn—wild gazelle—airy sprite—my especial Tiny! it is unbearable!" Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z A condition brought about by the sprites of Humor, according to the rule that whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z It is these sprites of art, who thus to me are speaking. Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z There were shrieks from disappearing Boy Blues and Fauntleroys, who endeavored to cover their extremities with sofa cushions, the captive sprite rushed into a closet and a wild scene of disorder and pandemonium followed. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z The child was radiant with delight, As from the garden's shade, With golden ringlets clustering bright, She burst upon the mother's sight, And in her hand, like fairy sprite, A blooming rose-bud laid. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Happily, her bright brown eyes had a glint of humor in them, for Winifred’s wrath was an evanescent thing, a pallid sprite, rarely seen, and ever ready to be banished by a smile. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z "Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow." A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z They seem practically to think our Lord is the God of the church and the village, while the old pagan sprites retain possession of the forest. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Below, like the magic of invisible sprites, the jeweled strands of Brooklyn Bridge were flinging a brilliant span across the gulf of the night. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z When a beautiful and healthy child sickens and dies, the Irish peasant infers that the genuine baby has been stolen by fairies, and this miserable sprite left in its place. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The forest, a tangle of shrubs and strange creepers, was the scene of the idyl; she, a sprite of the greenwood, danced illusively through the maze. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Amidst all her tears, Rotha worked like a sprite; she would leave nothing on her kind friend's hands to do for her, not even anything to think of. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z The Cobolds and various sprites they believe will bewitch their cows, set fire to their hay-stacks, lead them astray through the forest, steal their infants from the cradle to replace them by fairy changelings. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z With neither a name nor more than a few lines of dialogue, she's a woodland sprite consigned to the kitchen. Terrence Malick's Epic, Confounding Tree of Life 2011-05-17T01:17:43Z The wily sprite demands in guerdon for the cure the right hand of the mother, the sister's long hair, with the ribbons that bind it, the pearl necklace of the wife. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z What matter if thou makest—blithe, voluptuous sprite— With rhythms, perfumes, visions—O mine only queen!— The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z "Fee, fie, china and delf, I smell the blood of a little elf, Fie, fee, left, right, I smell the blood of a little sprite." Little Jack Rabbit and Uncle John Hare 2011-05-09T02:00:05.633Z After our meal we began to tell stories, but our grandmother positively forbade our mentioning the name of any of the forest sprites, or of any evil or questionable creature whatever. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z "I don't believe sprites ever have hair like mine." Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z But thickest show the traces And thickest throng the sprites, In the woods about old Urrard, On the gloomy winter nights. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z She obeyed the call, but in a towering rage at the intrusion, and the adventurer, in terror, turned and fled, with the nimble sprite close at his heels. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z She was slender and elfin, a wood sprite in appearance, not the brash and hardy species normally found around New York’s First Avenue. Sports of The Times: Scandinavian Cool That Warmed New York 2011-04-20T00:02:11Z Eva had dared to call the sprite which vexed me by his right name, and like any other gnome or cobold, he vanished instantly. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z There, the huge bedstead of pine-wood was not missing, on which roses and magic signs were painted; meant to drive away night-mares, goblins and other nightly sprites. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z The two women were pulled along by the little sprite and stopped just where Danny himself was untying a knot in a rope. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Thereupon I also having left the room, sprang into the air, and once more floated away like a sprite, humming as I did so:— '... A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z "Good night," he echoed, as she flitted away from him like a vanishing sprite produced by the moon and starlight. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z He overturned everything in the kitchen after the servants had gone to bed, and was, in short, one of the most mischievous sprites you could imagine. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Many of these pagan sprites, indeed, had been originally impish and mischievous, since not all the aspects of nature are lovely or propitious, nor all the dreams of men. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Note sprites and Menu button in lower left. Developers express concern over pirated games on Android Market 2011-03-17T09:23:00Z What an insouciant sprite, a slippered marvel outside the combative gymnast Gareth. Dragon dreams of Barry John, Gareth Edwards and springtime in Paris 2011-03-16T00:06:00Z And shakes, not now with cold alone, but fright, For every tree he fancies is a sprite. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z Hark, said the dying man, and sighed, To that complaining tone— Like sprite condemned, each eventide, To walk the world alone. Three Sunsets and Other Poems 2011-03-08T03:00:46.420Z Sega was widely derided for concentrating the architecture of its Saturn games console on 2D friendly features like hardware sprite generation, while PlayStation was built entirely around polygonal performance – it triumphed accordingly. 2D Forever: the fall and rise of hardcore Japanese game design 2011-03-04T10:37:00Z Some folk thought Maiden Matanuska was part wood sprite, for in spite of dark and shadows she would roam for hours in the paths and lanes among the birches and was not afraid. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z "Is he deaf or dumb, or a sprite—who are you?" said the girl, looking at him curiously. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z A wild, dark, elfish changeling, not at all pretty, but the most bewitching sprite withal, that ever kept a household in confusion. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z I was little and sprite and all dem young bucks want to dance with me. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z For the first few nights I hardly dared look at it before going to bed, lest I should have my rest broken by dreams of spectres and other horrid sprites of the imagination. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Once upon a time, there lived at the top of a very tall tree a little magic sprite. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z A trifling circumstance brought these mountain sprites to better terms. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z But, with a long, wild cry, she clasped her hands above her head, and fled swiftly up-stairs, disappearing like some elfin sprite in the darkness beyond. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z "I ought to," said Albert, smiling in spite of himself; "but who could find fault with you, you wayward little sprite?" The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z During their swim they had seen several distinct species of these lovely little sprites, flashing like meteors over the surface of the water, or darting about through the tree-tops like sparks of glistening light. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Now this magic sprite was called the Little Brown Man, and the tree was called the Tall Pine Tree. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z He saw the frisky creature, dainty as a sprite, tripping nimbly among the rushes just below him. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Love, my pretty mountain sprite," replied the doctor, with a grim smile—"love! Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldames old So valé, valé! ho, ho, ho! Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z This fountain was in the taste of the last century, and ornamented with old weather-beaten statues, representing, in fantastic fashion, sprites and water-nymphs. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The Tall Pine Tree wept bitterly at the little sprite's misfortune, and by and by its tears, falling like rain, wakened the Little Brown Man. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z Not that young Joy who looked with laughing eyes, That jocund sprite with open, idle fingers Stretched to the dawn, the dawn whose gold light lingers Across the far blue hills of Paradise. Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z She looked so like some golden sprite—so small and dark, with such an insufferable light in her burning eyes—that he actually shrank in superstitious terror from her. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z "A man like Herbert von Wallmoden would hardly have wooed you--you little saucy----" But she got no further, for the saucy little sprite already hung around her neck coaxingly. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Yet I must fall victim to an insane craving for an elfin-faced, hot-tempered sprite who will have none of me. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z You are a little two-edged sword in a remarkably thin sheath, my little sprite. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The sprites rushed headlong out of the house, their lights were extinguished, and in a few minutes they had all left the house. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Do we not find in the different ancient literatures, demons, angels, gnomes, goblins, sprites, spectres, elementals, &c.? The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Her prayer is heard; her gentle soul Now wanders towards a higher goal, And in those realms of endless light The angels greet a sister sprite. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Animism, in fact, never ceased to haunt the imaginations of the Peruvians, especially amongst the lower orders, whether the spirits were dreaded as malevolent sprites, or courted as protectors and revealers. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z And so dark, and fierce, and elfish did she look at that moment, that Miss Jerusha fairly quailed before the small, unearthly looking sprite. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The table was still covered as the sprites had left it, with all their precious and wonderfully wrought silver vessels. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z When I was a boy there was very much said, too, about corpse-candles and phantom funerals, and especially about the Bwganod, plural of Bwgan, meaning a sprite, ghost, hobgoblin, or spectre. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Now the good year; what shall we do to appease the sprite? William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z She’s a sprite, barely 90 pounds, with a cold sneer and a face that is all edges and angles. The Female Factor: Pop Culture Creates New Heroines 2010-12-21T13:40:11Z No sort of weather could keep the sprite in the house. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Kneeling in the soft dirt, patting a hill of corn in with her hands, Barbara might have been some lovely young wood sprite as she glanced up at Ellis. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z It is a poem, sometimes called the Avallenau, from among the poems relating to the Battle of Arderydd; and it represents Myrddin or Merlin, the famous magician of Arthur, quite at the mercy of sprites. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Both him and Hobgoblin, as we used to call t'other sprite. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z And now Tudur beheld through the dusk hundreds of pretty little sprites converging towards the spot where they stood, from all parts of the mountain. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z They chose an animated sprite to serve as a game’s protagonist. Learning by Playing 2010-09-16T13:08:00Z Trees figure in our mythologies and metaphors — the tree of life, the tree of knowledge — and we often imagine them to harbor spirits and sprites. Tree-mendous 2010-04-06T22:15:00Z And this is Merlin’s lamentation:— Ten years and forty, as the toy of lawless ones, Have I been wandering in gloom among sprites. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z At a show with enough subcompact sprites to make you wonder whether this was New York or Beijing, Scion showed the iQ, a 10-foot-long 100-horsepower microcar that goes on sale next year. New York Auto Show: Amid Signs of Spring, Hints of Green 2010-04-03T01:26:00Z The word coblyn has the double meaning of knocker or thumper and sprite or fiend; and may it not be the original of goblin? British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Doyle had 60 seconds to steer a little bubble-shaped sprite — a toddling avatar dressed in a royal blue cape and matching helmet — through a two-dimensional maze without bumping into the proliferating robots. Learning by Playing 2010-09-16T13:08:00Z As someone who spent years trying to overcome people’s preconceived notions about men his size, Mr. Buzzutto does pause occasionally to reflect on his choice to free his inner sprite. Big City: Jess Buzzutto Is Yonkers? Friendly Leprechaun 2010-03-16T00:30:00Z Elfin sprites dance in the ripples of a laughing brook, and brownies scamper away over the leaf-swept hilltops. The Girl From Tim's Place In the half light of evening she was fairy-like, a living dream of beauty, a coy sprite, who laughed, and teased, and tantalized by her aloof propinquity. The Great Mogul There are other accounts of this Trwyn sprite which credit it to a time long anterior to last century; but all are consistent in this, that the goblin is always invisible. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z “All the time in the world,” he said, before taking his sprite on a deliberate detour to get even more reward points. Learning by Playing 2010-09-16T13:08:00Z "By her sprites you mean—" "The young ladies of her wonderful ballet," the prince replied. The Hillman His eyes could reprove a too light-hearted witness, or frown down an improperly jovial defendant, all the while that a mischief-loving sprite, hovering within, held his sides at the unseasonable jesting. Deep Moat Grange Astray within a garden bright I found a tiny wing�d sprite: He scarce was bigger than a sparrow And bore a little bow and arrow. The Coast of Bohemia A slender stream became a naked sprite, Flashed around curious bends, and winked at me Beyond the turns, alert and mischievous. Challenge They picked enemy sprites and set them marching in various patterns around the screen. Learning by Playing 2010-09-16T13:08:00Z He belonged to a race of sprites as vicious and cruel as the Brownies are kind and good. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Seldom do the months pass without bringing a periodical containing well-written treatises, in which the mountain sprite is entirely put out of the question, fiery meteors are explained, and thunderbolts are considered as petrifactions. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The motes that dance in sunny beams Tripped never in such wise; This lovely sprite danced in the light That beamed from her own eyes. The Coast of Bohemia Of old every cascade and grotto was believed to be inhabited by nymphs and gnomes, every grove by wood sprites and brownies. Rockhaven They were singing merrily and romping like sprites across the meadow. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The water sprite was not so easily found. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Ariel was what the mind of his master made him, sometimes a sprite, sometimes a sea-nymph, again a harpy, anything and everything the master directed. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Conquering his blank amazement as best he could, Dalroy inquired of the first sprite how many the party consisted of, all told. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Gentlemen," said Sir Benjamin, grasping silver ladle much as it had been a sceptre, "the Muses have departed but in their stead behold the jovial Bacchus with the attendant sprite yclept Virginia. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Near the shore the waves broke into white sprites of foam against the deep, incurving cliffs. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines To divert their attention she threw the two roots of sweet potato behind her, and while the sprites were munching them she made good her escape up the cliff and succeeded in reaching home. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II But the sprite in your helmet is mocking at me again, I fear you have not told me all the truth. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. I thought as I watched it that there was no need for poets to invent elves and gnomes while nature furnishes us with such marvellous little sprites ready to hand. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 O come quickly, glorious Lord, and raise my sprite to Thee! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII "Blacken his remaining eye! knock him over and run the country!" whispered quite plainly in my ear my guardian angel, or else a little impulsive sprite who often made suggestions to me in those days. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times What a teasing sprite she was, yet what a will she had, and how strange it was that, having been so intimate as girls, we never knew anything of each other as women! Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth I see in the steel of your helmet a little sprite which mocks at me. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. The thistle-down is too vicious a sprite to be beguiled away so easily. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Than my wearied sprite now longs to fly out of my troubled breast. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Irma recovered her wonted cheerfulness and was the merriest sprite of the whole court, teasing and bantering every one except Colonel Bronnen, with whom alone she was always serious and reserved. On the Heights A Novel The dancing sprites go up and down this cord, with an agility only to be compared with that of cats or monkeys. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 In other words, no wanton sprite of mischief or humour must be permitted to beckon genius from its predestined path. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Perhaps rue was used in sprinkling, because in pre-Christian times rue had, by itself, power against sprites and powers of evil. Custom and Myth New Edition Leave, I crave, leave flow'ry Pindus-head; e'en now I deem Apollo bathes me in that sovran wave; else must I hold it, that thy gentle sprite, fears thy dear Orpheus fade through me from sight. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII This was the true Carlo Gozzi; not that fantastic dreamy plaything of the sprites and fairies which his romantic French and German critics have discerned in the author of the Fiabe. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second From the calendar's standpoint there are but three weeks to come before the advent of Spring, and I trust the sprite will be better clad than she is in one of Frieda's pictures. A Top-Floor Idyl Some mischievous sprite had put it into their heads, for almost the first time in their lives, to have a secret, and not a kind secret either, each from the other. Five Minutes' Stories I must have caught the loving mood from Oscar, or else some wood-nymphs or sprites must have been trying their hands on me, or perhaps I was only tired and lagged behind. Fragments of an Autobiography Thy burning thirst, fierce Love, they say aright, may not be quencht by saddest tears that flow; Nay, more, thy sprite of harsh tyrannick mood would see thine altars bathed with human blood. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII De Musset strove to base upon it a theory that Gozzi was the victim of his own fabulous sprites. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second As it came nearer he discovered it was a water sprite, singing a song which blended with the murmur of the waves and the notes of the bird. Tales of Romance Fair maiden," said the sprite, "if thou wouldst taste the joy of paradise, the happiness which transcends all other earthly pleasure, choose one of these unopened buds. A Modern Wizard Come out of your corner, you silent sprite, and tell us what gift you would ask of the Fates to-night!” What a Man Wills I was sad enough in my own heart to-day, but as I wrote a little sprite seemed to whisper in my ear. The Daughters of a Genius And at night, when I was wandering off to Eric, I listened to the story of the laughing sprite. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The sprite finished her song, and smiled up at Wayland at the window before turning and swimming over the waves till she dived beneath them. Tales of Romance And so she waited and watched and tended the blooming rose with anxious patience, awaiting that hoped-for day when the promise of the fairy, and the sprite, would be fulfilled. A Modern Wizard For he is a merry sprite, and then they go to sleep, feeling peaceably assured that he will watch over them as of yore. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series And if ghosts walked then, they were merry sprites who only came to tell the youths and maidens whom they were to love and marry. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" It was as if the sprite of gossip had been busy whispering in over-willing ears. The Heart of a Woman Then the little man thought it over, for he was a sensible sprite. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series "Choose one of us, dear girl, and Beauty will adorn thy cheek forever more!" the little sprite invited, but once more Agnes would not acquiesce, and so went on. A Modern Wizard The survival of the soul of Orpheus in the zufolo or pipe, and in the sprite, reveals the mystic legend which indicates his existing to other times. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series "Undine," repeated Beverly, his eyes beginning to twinkle; "I had no idea you counted water sprites among your acquaintances." The Girl from Arizona Happiness is a large, comely person, but, withal, as elusive as the smallest sprite. Seeds of Pine Thistle had talked about the water sprites, but Hop was rather a dull fellow, and lived in the mud, so he could tell him nothing. Lulu's Library, Volume II "Yes;" answered the little elf—for she looked to me like a mischievous sprite, she laughed as I thought so wickedly—"yes: you was with another." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) This, which meant originally an airy tricksy sprite, is now applied not only to fairies and goblins in general, but also to every kind of supernatural apparition. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Because," answered Clem, with a smile, "canaries are as clever at seeing the gas sprites as was the Belgian diviner that Otto talks about. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Into all these other secondary products some stain of humanity enters; but little sinless sprites of greenwood and glen alone share the occult science of this with the blossoms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 "Dear Spring, will you help a poor little sprite, who is looking for the fire spirits' home?" cried Ripple,—and told her tale so eagerly that the child stopped to hear. Lulu's Library, Volume II Laughing, yet with tears in his eyes, he cried: "O little sprite, little red sprite!" A Captive of the Roman Eagles Yet the Red Goblin was a jolly sprite when not crossed, and made great sport for the prisoners, who all knew him. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series He could see the gas sprites himself an' give warnin' where men had better not go. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Printed in U. S. A. BROWNIES, like fairies and goblins, are imaginary little sprites, who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. The Brownies: Their Book Surely the spirits will not hurt me when I tell why I have come; and if they do give me the spark I shall be the happiest sprite in all the big sea. Lulu's Library, Volume II The merry Puck, who is so prominent an actor in “A Midsummer-Night’s Dream,” is the mischief-loving sprite, the jester of the fairy court, whose characteristics are roguery and sportiveness. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Even Elga Skade’s love affairs had all gone wrong there, and the girl was sure some malicious sprite had power within its walls to meddle and make trouble. Jan Vedder's Wife He just walked into the mine an' saw the sprites. The Boy With the U.S. Miners She was a sprite of an old lady, slender and round, and finished in every movement, with the precision of those who have "learned the steps" in dancing of another period. Rose MacLeod Dear sprite, have you no charm to make the little darling breathe again? Lulu's Library, Volume II Like earthly monarchs, he has his jester, “that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare But with her loosened hair falling down over her pink dressing gown, Nancy herself looked an eerie little sprite; in a moment the child's alarm vanished. Happy House The elves, who were the men-spirits o' the forest, became knockers; the dryads, who were the women-spirits o' the trees, became the sprites o' the gas damps. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Lightly withdrawing her hand from his arm, she glided like a sprite from his side, and was lost in the shadows, while her whispered words still sounded in his ear, "Good-bye for thirty years!" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Far away beside the sun live the fire spirits; but I cannot tell the road, for it is through the air and no water sprite could live to reach it. Lulu's Library, Volume II |
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