"Let fly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cut back over the trail. There came a second flash, a shock, and then a terrible pain in the calf of his left leg. He fell over the neck of his horse to escape the third bullet. He could see the Apache as he stood out from behind the bush. Warburton yanked out his Colt and let fly. He heard a yell. It was very comforting. That was all ...
— The Man on the Box • Harold MacGrath
... Bob let fly this shaft at a venture. He knew how many passing mountaineers paused for a meal at the cook house, and surmised it probable that at least one of his three opponents might at some time have stopped there. This ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White
... injuries done, some men in the fair that were more observing and less prejudiced than the rest, began to check and blame the baser sort for their continual abuses done by them to the men. They, therefore, in angry manner, let fly at them again, counting them as bad as the men in the cage, and telling them that they seemed confederates and should be made partakers of their misfortunes. The others replied, that, for aught they could see, the men were quiet and sober, and intended nobody any harm; ...
— Bible Stories and Religious Classics • Philip P. Wells
... through him I love, let fly At me and parted me from him for whom I sigh. Lo, in my heart the heat of every heart burns high And in mine eyes unite ...
— Tales from the Arabic Volumes 1-3 • John Payne
... in fun, you know," explained Andy, as he let fly a snowball at the old janitor, who was always called Shout because he was ...
— The Rover Boys on a Hunt - or The Mysterious House in the Woods • Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
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