| 单词 | to fly a pitch | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fly a pitch ΚΠ 1590    J. Harington Disc. in  Nugæ Antiquæ 		(1775)	 II. 51  				Hee, having new furbusht vp an old coment, supposed to bee St. Awstens, flyes in a hye pitch, lyke a falcon with those fethers, that, if they wear pluckt, wold proove him but a woodcocke. c1595    Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiii. 24 in  Coll. Wks. 		(1998)	 II. 93  				Soe high a pitch their proud presumption flyes. 1656    A. Cowley Davideis  ii. 48 in  Poems  				To this strange pitch their high affections flew. 1718    Free-thinker No. 77. 1  				He flies a Pitch above Common Mischiefs. 1781    W. Cowper Epist. to Lady Austen 16  				The world, who knows No flights above the pitch of prose. 1798    J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne vi. 182  				Rabelais flew to a higher pitch, too, than Sterne. 1837    H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 292  				Another [comedy], entitled Sergius..flies a much higher pitch. 1885    ‘E. Douglas’ Queen of Hid Isle  iii. iii. 85  				But soar above thy pitch, God and the soul in the thin air of Reason Give double aspects to thee. < as lemmas | 
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