The question he flung out brought no response, and he recalled with a smile the verse that described his absurd position:- Like a mouse who, lost in wonder, flicks its whiskers at the thunder!
"A Prisoner in Fairyland"
Algernon Blackwood
The fare comes quickly along the court and out at the entry, whose occupants the cabman flicks aside with his whip suggestively.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
To the boy's surprise, the cakes were quite clean, and a few flicks with a wisp of leaves left them as free from sand or ashes as if they had been baked in an oven.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman