"Then we all brisked round an' begun settin' the children up on the cots-two or three to a cot, with one of us to wait on 'em.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
It was so great a joy to walk in all this after ten days shut up on the St. Luke and to see such blessed things as grass and leaves again, that the twins felt suddenly extraordinarily brisked up and cheerful.
"Christopher and Columbus"
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
I gave it him, and was not disappointed in the result, for he brisked up wonderfully.
"Maiwa's Revenge The War of the Little Hand"
H. Rider Haggard