Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Hamlin Garland

Blurred the air like blown sand.

Flutter like snowflakes.

Hastened like homing pigeons, which do not look behind.

Hot as hate.

Lonely as the Arctic Sea.

Quiet as a sleeping boa.

Rapt as sleep.

Ran like hell-hounds.

Snarl like a monster at meat.

An innumerable crowd spread like a black robe over the shore.

Submissive as earth.