"Fling off" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and the wildness of the scout's. Often, he tells us, when he is about the serious business of handing teacups in London drawing-rooms, his mind flies off to some African waste, to some lonely Indian hill, and straightway he longs with all his soul to fling off the trappings of civilised society, and be back again with nature, back again in the dear old flannel-shirt life, living hard, with his life ...
— The Story of Baden-Powell - 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' • Harold Begbie
... stood a few steps backwards, desolate; 40 And watched the spirits pass me to their fate, And fling off hope, and ...
— The City of Dreadful Night • James Thomson
... up! it is wiser and better Always to hope than once to despair; Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dark spell of tyrannical care; Never give up, or the burden may sink you— Providence kindly has mingled the cup; And in all trials and troubles bethink you The watchword of life must be—Never ...
— Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various
... that he is able to fling off lightly the inheritance of countless ages of superstition? Is there not a streak of superstition in us all? We laugh at the voodoo worshiper—then create our own hoodooes, our ...
— The Best Ghost Stories • Various
... speculations as I entered the bedroom and began to fling off my dusty clothes. I had almost forgotten about them by the time I began to wash away my travel-stains, and rinse the coal-dust out of my hair. My spirits revived, and I began mentally to arrange my plans for the next day. The ...
— I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch |
