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Night Land was grown over-weak to uphold such a thing; which, I doubt not, had made the Peoples of the Pyramid to cease from flyings, quite so much as that they did fear the Forces of Evil in the night.

The Night Land 2007

Pantomimes, as they grew, were made more and more attractive, "new scenery, decorations, and flyings" were introduced, and with new

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

The flyings of the cotton mill do not explode, but flame passes through them with a rapidity almost instantaneous, yet not sufficient to exert the pressure which explodes; the dust of the wood planer and sawer only as yet makes sudden puffs without detonating force.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various

The advent of Pantomime, early in the eighteenth century, gave a special fillip to spectacular display, as they were all announced to be set off with "new scenery, decorations, and flyings."

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

Do you remember the long, bright day-flyings and the long, dark night-flyings?

Angel Island Inez Haynes Gillmore 1921

And, moreover, as I have told, the air of the Night Land was grown over-weak to uphold such a thing; which, I doubt not, had made the Peoples of the Pyramid to cease from flyings, quite so much as that they did fear the Forces of Evil in the night.

The Night Land: Chapter 8 1912

He watched the free movement of her waist, and the curvings and flyings of her short tennis skirt.

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1899

"I've had a queer sort of life with poppa -- ups and downs, and flyings over the moon, I guess."

The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895

Hope; with its horse-racings, balloon-flyings, and finer sensibilities of the heart: ah, gone is that; its golden effulgence paled, bedarkened in this singular manner, -- brewing towards preternatural weather!

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

The office very no landing places or spoofs were possible for civilian aircraft in most of northern and outstanding Europe, but flyings were having place in southern Europe, including Spain, the southern Balkans, gray Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.

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