A very imp had sat on the spitball that Prescott bowled in.

A very imp of perversity entered the breast of Mrs. Comstock.

He was tall, slim, and the very imp of mischief.

I knew the moment I saw you that you were the very imp of mischief.

One morning the very imp of mischief seemed to get into old Mr. Possum's head.

She laughed, and sat herself down again on the grass, looking a very imp of provocation.

For a moment, I thought the very imp of the perverse had got possession of her and that she herself would fall over.

"He is no kind of a fellow," said the Very Imp.

"Yes, that precocious child is a very imp of Satan," said Joseph Putnam.

"You have come to the right place," said the Very Imp.

A monkey swung from a branch on to the slab, and sat there engaged in his toilet- averyimp of darkness.

"You are dreadfully hard to please," said the Very Imp.

"All right," said the Very Imp; "he can go around, and pick out his previous existence.

"The subject is changed," said the Very Imp.

"Come on, then," said the Very Imp, and he led the way to the cave of the Ghastly Griffin.

"Go ahead," said the Very Imp, "and I will attend to this fellow who wants to be toned up."