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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Swiftly
 
  As swiftly as a reach of still water is crisped by the wind.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Swiftly like a cloud scud on a breezy day.
            —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle		  2
  Swiftly as the explosion of a rifle cartridge follows the falling of the hammer.
            —Robert Edgren		  3
  Swiftly as smiles are caught in looks that meet.
            —George Eliot		  4
  Swiftly as the dolphins glide.
            —Thomas Hood		  5
  Swiftly as a bright Phœbean dart.
            —John Keats		  6
  Swiftly, like birds that skim the air.
            —Mahabharata		  7
 
 
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