1837 T. Hood Desert-born in (1862) IV. 167 I found myself, Mazeppa-like, upon the Desert-Born! Terrific was the neigh she gave, the moment that [etc.].
1903 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ 56 Her nerves having been steadied by an hour in the lunge with a sack of oats strapped, Mazeppa-like, on to her back.