Yet this dangerous face is his best excuse,-the face of a man-snarer, subtle and passionate and cruel in its blind selfishness, and yet so beautiful that any man might yield to it against the cry of his own warning conscience.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay
And suppose one told her that if she lured it down to earth from the glorious safety of the skies, she would bring it to captivity or death at the hand of the snarer.
"Moon of Israel"
H. Rider Haggard
Miserable overcraft of the snarer!
"Harold, Complete The Last Of The Saxon Kings"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton