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On the contrary, she will spirit him up, and he will tone her down; a very good thing for both.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

Some long afternoon I will spirit you up here in that little steel cage, and you shall peer out of my window, tapping your restless feet, while you sniff at the squalor below.

From Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories by Herrick, Robert

“I will make your path smooth for you, and I myself will spirit the jewel out of France so that no possible suspicion can attach to you,” was her reply.

From The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance by Le Queux, William

Then will spirit and fragrance prevail, and joy and rejoicing come from the heavenly sphere; the sorrows and toils shall be forgotten and the eternal peace and rest appear.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

"You see, now that we have you, Lady Blakeney, and citizen St. Just with us we have no reason to fear that that elusive Pimpernel will spirit himself away."

From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness