Flier

Examples

• Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds--no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Straight for his flier he would leap while those of his comrades who fought near by would rush to cover his escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At a distance of several miles I caused the fleet to be halted, and from there Carthoris went ahead alone upon a one-man flier to reconnoitre. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In another second the waters of Omean closed above my head, and the three of us were making for the little flier a hundred yards away. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Scarcely had his tiny flier come to rest upon the broad landing-deck of the flagship ere he was bounding up the stairway to the deck where we stood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A flier, Jeddak! Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The fastest flier of the Heliumetic Navy could not quickly enough have carried me far from this hideous creature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• We had stumbled upon a two-man flier. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I was thoroughly familiar with the mechanism of every known make of flier on Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Quickly we glided toward a small flier which lay furthest from the battling warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Order your swiftest flier to the palace top. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Before I knew it the air was black with fliers, and a hundred of these First Born devils were leaping to the ground all about me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• While we talked, Hor Vastus' fliers were returning to the Xavarian. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Volley after volley they vomited upon the temple guards; volley on volley crashed through the thin air toward the fleeting and illusive fliers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Why, Morton or Johnson, the Oxford fliers, could romp round him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why don't they jump in and destroy these fliers? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The sight of them in the open brought a score of fliers darting toward us from all directions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The fliers, not being pursued, arrived at Dunbar's camp, and the panic they brought with them instantly seized him and all his people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Our speed must have approximated two hundred miles an hour, for Martian fliers are swift, so that at most we were in the shaft not over forty seconds. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The smaller fliers were commencing to rise toward us when Xodar shouted: The shaft! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They were small fliers for the most part, built for two to three men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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