1600 T. Dekker sig. A4v I thrust base cowards into Honours chaire, Whilst the true spirited Souldiour stands by.
1684 T. Otway i. 3 A dozen..jolly, true-spirited..Friends.
1764 Ded. Your noble, free-born, and true spirited County.
1824 T. Carlyle Let. 27 Sept. in (1970) III. 161 Let us behave like true-spirited fellows.
2014 (Nexis) 19 July 16 A true spirited Liverpudlian.