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

Swallow

Can … swallow down sin like water.
—John Bunyan

Swallowed her steps like a pursuing grave.
—Thomas Hood

Swallow … as easily as a great pit a small pebble.
—John Lyly

Swallowed Persia, as the sand does foam.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley