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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Elusive
 
  As elusive as the pestilence that walketh in darkness.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Elusive as quicksilver.
            —Anonymous		  2
  Elusive as sheet lightning playing among June clouds.
            —James Huneker		  3
  Elusive as the sea-line far, and all the secret of the wind.
            —George Sterling		  4
 
 
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