Then all at once a swarm of buzzing Gadflies came out of the bush and fastened fiercely on the palfrey which bore the fair Gerda.
"Legends of the Rhine"
Wilhelm Ruland
A thousand Gadflies are buzzing in my brain-I am so tremendously excited!
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The vehement girl, to whom no one had ever shown any pity, and on whose soul the word had fallen like a mockery, who for long hours had been suffering suppressed and torturing misery, felt it a relief to give free vent to the anguish of her soul; she ended with a hard laugh, and waved her hand round her head as though to disperse a swarm of Gadflies.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers