A Dictionary of SimilesLittle, Brown, 1924 - 578 pages This volume is the first attempt to collect the best similes from English, as well as from all other literatures. |
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ANON ARTHUR BAER BALZAC BAYARD TAYLOR beauty bird Black blush breath Bright BRONTË BUCHANAN READ BULWER-LYTTON BURNE BYRON C. G. ROSSETTI Calm CARLYLE cheeks cloud Cold continued D. G. ROSSETTI dark dead DICKENS doth dream DRYDEN DUMAS E. B. BROWNING eyes face Fade Fair fire flame flower Fresh GEORGE ELIOT GEORGE MEREDITH GERALD MASSEY gleam glow heart heaven HOOD HUGO IBID JOHN JOSEPH CONRAD JOSH BILLINGS KEATS KIPLING leaf light lips LONGFELLOW LYLY moon morning night O. W. HOLMES o'er OLD TESTAMENT OUIDA P. J. BAILEY Pale PROVERB Pure R. D. BLACKMORE rain RICHARD RICHARD LE GALLIENNE ROBERT BROWNING ROBERT BURTON rose shadow SHAKE SHAKESPEARE SHELLEY Shine Silent similes SIR WALTER sleep smile snow Soft soul SOUTHEY spring stars stone storm summer Sweet Swift SWINBURNE TENNYSON Thick THOMAS MOORE tree Trembling Vanished voice wave White WHITTIER wild WILLIAM wind WORDSWORTH