...After all, ‘a sparrow in the hand is better than a vulture on the wing... 
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
..., wing, pinion...
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 「Legends, Tales and Poems」
...No, no; if you desire that he should remain under your lock and bolt, never give him in charge to me; however closely wired might be the cage, the bird would, in the end, take wing...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
... that they all take wing as soon as I appear? Is there anything wrong...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
... On each wing the infantrystraggled far afield, but there was method in their disorder, for inthe bush close ranks would have been impossible...
John Buchan 「Prester John」
...He shouted to them to charge, and she echoed him, leaving his side at last to take command of a wing and sting the tired-out men-at-arms into new enthusiasm...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...They stayed for, it might be, five days; slept in the wing over against the stoep; quarrelled sometimes, she thought—the lady...
(AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner 「The Story of an African Farm」
...But the chicken eyed the hand, and then ran off to hide under its mother’s wing, and from beneath it it sometimes put out its round head to peep at the great figure sitting there...
(AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner 「The Story of an African Farm」
... It has great length of wing, and can continue its flight with perfect ease, the wings acting, though kept above the level of the body...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...They likewise kill guinea-fowls,partridges, and pigeons, but never on the wing...
Mungo Park 「Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 2 [of 2]」
...I cannot see why little united parties should not promptly emigrate under the wing of these gentlemen...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
... He had seen her go away once before withevery prospect of happiness, and come back, a dove with a wounded wing,to the old nest behind the cedars...
Charles W. Chesnutt 「The House Behind the Cedars」
...We can, for example, recognisethe upper limb of man in the anterior one of quadrupeds,in the wing of the bat, in the paddle of the seal, etc...
Édouard Cuyer 「Artistic Anatomy of Animals」
...It appears to be blended withthe internal elevator of the upper lip and wing of the nose;this is easy of comprehension if we bear in mind the relativeposition of these two muscles in the human species...
Édouard Cuyer 「Artistic Anatomy of Animals」
...Consider its stately carriage, itsrapid flight on the wing, its running and hiding powers whenattacked...
William T. Hornaday 「Our Vanishing Wild Life」
...He alwaysannounced his master’s coming by ashrill call, and no matter what thehour of night, never failed to utter anote of welcome, although apparentlyasleep with his head tucked underhis wing...
Various 「Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [January, 1897]」
...The whole ofthe under surface of the wing is alsowhite...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
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