The swift act doubled the terror and anguish of the struggling little wight.

It was her second dreadful blunder, poor luckless little wight!

The noblest Egyptians kept house-dwarfs for sport, and this little wight served the wife of Mena in this capacity.

Farmer Griggs looked down and saw a little wight no taller than his knee standing in the snow on the door-step.

"What, will you help us, you little wight?"

"My dear girl," exclaimed Herennia, throwing up her hands, "either you are the best actress, or the most innocent little wight, in Rome!