" And then the imp of mischief whispered to Peter.
On close inspection, no less so appeared the child's equipment; the lilac silk pelisse, the small swansdown boa, the white bonnet—the whole holiday toilette, in short, was the gala garb of a cherub but too well known, of that tadpole, Désirée Beck—and Désirée Beck it was—she, or an imp in her likeness.
and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan.
"I'm fit to speak to something better than you, you poor-spirited imp!
The imp in the back of her mind laughed.
A stout, short, pudgy man, with a broad, rubicund, good-humoured face—a clean-shaven face, though an unparalysed little imp at the back of Valancy's paralysed mind suggested the thought, "Such a face should have a fringe of white whisker around it.
The Lion and the Imp; there was no mistaking which was which.
The tall boy beside him could only be the crown prince, and that stunted little man behind them was surely the Imp, Tyrion Lannister.
"A heart of gold" "The king's a bawcock, and a heart of gold, A lad of life, an imp of fame; Of parents good, of fist most valiant.
He was past sixty and had a Michael Angelo's Moses beard curling down from the head of a satyr along with the body of an imp.
Be off, you sneaking imp, he answered, you need no meat.
You little imp, how will you help us, they said.
Then there came a woman, who was the most beautiful of all, with a gold helmet and spear; she looked out over all the others and sat between an angel and an imp.
Yet it was rumored abroad, and her respect among the country-people was lost, and she was known as a "Trold barn" (an imp child).
