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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... Dickens , Tennyson , and George Eliot . Of the four simile books mentioned , Lean knew of but one , and that by Robert Cawdray . - I began this Dictionary of Similes in 1894. It did not occur to me at once that there might be any ...
... Dickens , Tennyson , and George Eliot . Of the four simile books mentioned , Lean knew of but one , and that by Robert Cawdray . - I began this Dictionary of Similes in 1894. It did not occur to me at once that there might be any ...
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... DICKENS , CHARLES , 1812-1870 : 10 , 15 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 27 , 31 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 46 , 52 , 53 , 56 , 59 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 69 , 74 , 76 , 78 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 94 , 95 , 98 , 100 , 105 , 106 , 109 , 114 , 145 , 151 , 161 , 169 , 171 , 172 ...
... DICKENS , CHARLES , 1812-1870 : 10 , 15 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 27 , 31 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 46 , 52 , 53 , 56 , 59 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 69 , 74 , 76 , 78 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 94 , 95 , 98 , 100 , 105 , 106 , 109 , 114 , 145 , 151 , 161 , 169 , 171 , 172 ...
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... DICKENS . Asleep . Asleep , As Cerberus at Thracian poet's feet . - SHAKESPEARE . Lay asleep like green waves on the sea . R. B. SHERIDAN . Aspire . Aspire , as all the sea's life toward the - SWINBURNE . sun . Aspires as a flame ...
... DICKENS . Asleep . Asleep , As Cerberus at Thracian poet's feet . - SHAKESPEARE . Lay asleep like green waves on the sea . R. B. SHERIDAN . Aspire . Aspire , as all the sea's life toward the - SWINBURNE . sun . Aspires as a flame ...
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... DICKENS . Beautiful as a rainbow . - Dryden . Beautiful as a dying maid . · EBENEZER ELLIOTT . Beautiful as is the rose in June . EMERSON - Beautiful as Dian's face . - JAMES MONTGOMERY . As beautiful as sorceress . As beautiful as ...
... DICKENS . Beautiful as a rainbow . - Dryden . Beautiful as a dying maid . · EBENEZER ELLIOTT . Beautiful as is the rose in June . EMERSON - Beautiful as Dian's face . - JAMES MONTGOMERY . As beautiful as sorceress . As beautiful as ...
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... DICKENS . Black as beads . - AUSTIN DOBSON . Black as a wolf's mouth . CONAN DOYLE . - SIR A. Black as ebony . — DUMAS , PÈRE . Black as night when the tempests pass.-F. W. FABER . Black as starless night . FLETCHER . - PHINEAS Black as ...
... DICKENS . Black as beads . - AUSTIN DOBSON . Black as a wolf's mouth . CONAN DOYLE . - SIR A. Black as ebony . — DUMAS , PÈRE . Black as night when the tempests pass.-F. W. FABER . Black as starless night . FLETCHER . - PHINEAS Black as ...
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ANON ARTHUR BAER BALZAC BAYARD TAYLOR beauty bird Black blush breath Bright BUCHANAN READ BULWER-LYTTON BURNE BYRON C. G. ROSSETTI Calm CARLYLE CHARLES READE cheeks cloud Cold continued D. G. ROSSETTI dark dead DICKENS doth dream DRYDEN DUMAS E. B. BROWNING ELIZA COOK eyes face Fade Fair fire flame FLETCHER 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 PÈRE PROVERB Pure R. D. BLACKMORE rain RICHARD ROBERT BROWNING ROBERT BURTON rose shadow SHAKE SHAKESPEARE SHELLEY Shine Silent similes sleep smile snow Soft soul SOUTHEY spring stars storm summer Sweet Swift SWINBURNE TENNYSON Thick THOMAS MOORE tree Trembling Vanished voice wave White WHITTIER wild WILLIAM wind WORDSWORTH