Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Came
He came down the road like hell beating tanbark.
—Anonymous
Came and went like the lighthouse gleam on a black night at sea.
—Robert Buchanan
Came out of his shell like the aurelia out of the grub.
—William Hazlitt
Came from all sides like conspirators from a wood in a tragedy.
—Maurice Hewlett
Came, like a ray from Heaven, that shines and disappears.
—John Home