(_a_) Of time.

Rip beheld a precise counterpart of himself _as_ he went up the
mountain.--IRVING.

(_b_) Of manner.

_As_ orphans yearn on to their mothers,
He yearned to our patriot bands.--MRS BROWNING.

(_c_) Of degree.

His wan eyes
Gaze on the empty scene _as_ vacantly
_As_ ocean's moon looks on the moon in heaven.
--SHELLEY.

(_d_) Of reason.

I shall see but little of it, _as_ I could neither bear walking
nor riding in a carriage.--FRANKLIN.

(_e_) Introducing an appositive word.

Reverenced _as_ one of the patriarchs of the village.--IRVING.

Doing duty _as_ a guard.--HAWTHORNE.

(2) _Relative pronoun_, after _such_, sometimes _same_.

And was there such a resemblance _as_ the crowd had
testified?--HAWTHORNE.

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