Hundreds of swine of all sorts and sizes, from grim slab-sided, gaunt-headed old boars, whose ancient tusks showed menacing, to the liveliest and sprightliest of little pigs playing hide-and-seek among their staid relatives, were collected from the neighbouring jungle to scramble for the daily dole of grain spread for them by the Maharana.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne
It has been said by one of the sprightliest of Frenchmen, that a foreigner might conveniently travel through England with the assistance only of this one particle of speech.
"A Cursory History of Swearing"
Julian Sharman
She used to be the sprightliest of living creatures, and to judge by her letters, that has not faded.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith