She lowered her standards by raising her glass
Her courage, her eyes and his hopes
-- Flanders and Swann, Have Some Madeira, M'Dear.
Example of a Syllepsis, which is a particular type of zeugma in which the clauses are not parallel either in meaning or grammar.
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