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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... SWIFT , JONATHAN , 1667-1745 : 3 , 13 , 17 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 37 , 50 , 64 , 72 , 75 , 147 , 154 , 157 , 162 , 167 , 168 , 226 , 232 , 246 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 259 , 274 , 280 , 288 , 299 , 304 , 329 , 334 , 337 , 343 , 351 , 354 , 371 ...
... SWIFT , JONATHAN , 1667-1745 : 3 , 13 , 17 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 37 , 50 , 64 , 72 , 75 , 147 , 154 , 157 , 162 , 167 , 168 , 226 , 232 , 246 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 259 , 274 , 280 , 288 , 299 , 304 , 329 , 334 , 337 , 343 , 351 , 354 , 371 ...
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... SWIFT . Adventure . -- Adventurous as a paladin of ro- mance . - WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT . Adventures are like leaps in hunt- ing , they bring you into the chase sooner , but may chance to cost you a fall . JAMES PUCKLE . Adventurous as ...
... SWIFT . Adventure . -- Adventurous as a paladin of ro- mance . - WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT . Adventures are like leaps in hunt- ing , they bring you into the chase sooner , but may chance to cost you a fall . JAMES PUCKLE . Adventurous as ...
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... SWIFT . Bare as a beggar . Barren as a continent of Branden- burg sand . — Carlyle . - Barren as routine . G. K. CHES- TERTON . Barren as the wind . - EBENEZER ELLIOTT . A life as barren . . . as is the dust to which that life doth tend ...
... SWIFT . Bare as a beggar . Barren as a continent of Branden- burg sand . — Carlyle . - Barren as routine . G. K. CHES- TERTON . Barren as the wind . - EBENEZER ELLIOTT . A life as barren . . . as is the dust to which that life doth tend ...
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... SWIFT . Beauty passes like a breath . ALFRED TENNYSON . - A beauty masked , like the sun in eclipse , gathers together more gazers than if it shined out . WYCHERLEY . Bedraggled . Bedraggled , like the flounce of a vulgar rich woman's ...
... SWIFT . Beauty passes like a breath . ALFRED TENNYSON . - A beauty masked , like the sun in eclipse , gathers together more gazers than if it shined out . WYCHERLEY . Bedraggled . Bedraggled , like the flounce of a vulgar rich woman's ...
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... SWIFT . Books , like proverbs , receive their value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed . SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE . -- Boom . Boomed like a split trombone . O. HENRY . Boom , like the advance shout of battle ...
... SWIFT . Books , like proverbs , receive their value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed . SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE . -- Boom . Boomed like a split trombone . O. HENRY . Boom , like the advance shout of battle ...
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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