On the wings of the wind

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with the utmost velocity.

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It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context

For, there had reached us on the wings of the wind and rain, a long shout.

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

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