“Tug looked nervously at his master.
Horses aren't supposed to fly, he seemed to be saying.”
John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower
Source: Erak's Ransom
“Villain, a horse--
Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
To swim the river, villain, and to fly.”
Battle of Alcazar (acted 1588-1589, printed 1594), act V, l:104, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Published anonymously, but attributed with much probability to Peele.
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Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
To swim the river, villain, and to fly." by George Peele?
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