Ignoring Gusterson's shiver, Fay straightened up and seemed to brisken himself.
"The Creature from Cleveland Depths"
Fritz Reuter Leiber
Would you like something to brisken up the growth a bit?
"Poor Relations"
Compton Mackenzie
I know that, when I was there, the view from the first rise back of the grounds, looking down upon that long flat where men by thousands were toiling, and building after building was rising, made a picture sufficiently inspiring to warm the enthusiasm and brisken the imagination of any man, be he alien or native.
"Roughing it De Luxe"
Irvin S. Cobb