| CE II.ii.199 | [Dromio of Syracuse to himself] We talk with goblins, owls, and sprites |
| Luc.451 | [of Lucrece woken by Tarquin] [she] thinks she hath beheld some ghastly sprite |
| Mac II.iii.76 | [Macduff calling to Malcolm and Banquo, of the King's murder] As from your graves rise up and walk like sprites / To countenance this horror |
| TC III.ii.31 | [Pandarus to Troilus, of Cressida] She ... fetches her wind so short, as if she were frayed with a sprite |
| Tem I.ii.380 | [Ariel singing to Ferdinand] sweet sprites, the burden bear |
| Tem II.ii.114 | [Caliban to himself, of Stephano and Trinculo] These be fine things, an if they be not sprites |
| WT II.i.26.1 | [Mamillius to all, of a story] I have one / Of sprites and goblins |