"Fly high" Quotes from Famous Books
... had learned magic and sorcery from the Tengus, or long-nosed elves of the mountains, and could fly high in the air with incredible swiftness. Speaking a few words of incantation, he put on the wings of a Tengu, mounted a white cloud and rode on the east wind to India, bought the elixir of the mountain spirits, and returned to Japan in one day and ... — Japanese Fairy World - Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan • William Elliot Griffis
... Now, how do you suppose he found his way over all those miles of unfamiliar country, straight to that chamber window? What guided him? Did he fly high or low? Probably not high; for his wings were unused to flying at all, and consequently not strong; but they bore him over woods and fields, over streets and people, over hundreds of houses, till at last his tired eyes beheld the tower and gables ... — The Junior Classics Volume 8 - Animal and Nature Stories • Selected and arranged by William Patten
... do fly high, and that do mean a breeze; but there be no danger until they fly inland. The boats will be ... — A Singer from the Sea • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr |