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LIKE
[Sidenote: _Modifier of a noun or pronoun._]
333. (1) _An adjective._
The aforesaid general had been exceedingly _like_ the majestic
image.--HAWTHORNE.
They look, indeed, _liker_ a lion's mane than a Christian man's
locks.-SCOTT.
No Emperor, this, _like_ him awhile ago.--ALDRICH.
There is no statue _like_ this living man.--EMERSON.
That face, _like_ summer ocean's.--HALLECK.
In each case, _like_ clearly modifies a noun or pronoun, and is
followed by a dative-objective.
[Sidenote: _Introduces a clause, but its verb is omitted._]
(2) _A subordinate conjunction_ of manner. This follows a verb or a
verbal, but the verb of the clause introduced by _like_ is _regularly
omitted_. Note the difference between these two uses. In Old English
_gelic_ (like) was followed by the dative, and was clearly an
adjective. In this second use, _like_ introduces a shortened clause
modifying a verb or a verbal, as shown in the following sentences:--
Goodman Brown came into the street of Salem village, staring
_like_ a bewildered man.--HAWTHORNE.
Give Ruskin space enough, and he grows frantic and beats the air
_like_ Carlyle.--HIGGINSON.
They conducted themselves much _like_ the crew of a man-of-war.
--PARKMAN.
[The sound] rang in his ears _like_ the iron hoofs of the steeds
of Time.--LONGFELLOW.
Stirring it vigorously, _like_ a cook beating eggs.--ALDRICH.
If the verb is expressed, _like_ drops out, and _as_ or _as if_ takes
its place.
The sturdy English moralist may talk of a Scotch supper _as_ he
pleases.--CASS.
Mankind for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw,
just _as_ they do in Abyssinia to this day.--LAMB.
I do with my friends _as_ I do with my books.--EMERSON.
NOTE.--Very rarely _like_ is found with a verb following, but this is
not considered good usage: for example,--
A timid, nervous child, _like_ Martin _was_.--MAYHEW.
Through which they put their heads, _like_ the Gauchos _do_
through their cloaks.--DARWIN.
_Like_ an arrow shot
From a well-experienced archer _hits_ the mark.--SHAKESPEARE.

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