Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Advance
Where like a fire to heather set, Bauld Thomas did advance.
—Anonymous
Advancing, as the chorus to the footlights.
—Anonymous
Advancing like the shadow of death.
—John Ruskin
Advance, like sheep before the wolf.
—Robert Southey
Advanced, like Atalanta’s star,
But rarely seen, and seen from far.
—Jonathan Swift