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

Dazzle

Dazzles like Kama’s sceptre.
—Jayadeva

It came to passe, that a gentleman … chanced to glance his eyes on her, and there were they dazzled on her beautie, as lookes that are caught in the sunne with the glittering of a glasse.
—John Lyly

Dazzled like the lightning in the sky.
—Jean Baptiste Racine

Dazzle like a new-discovered star.
—T. Buchanan Read

Her dazzle like the sun in his Meridian.
—Thomas Shadwell