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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... Heaven that leads from a dream . - - SIDNEY LANIER . be . Beaten as a road . - - ANON . - CHARLES COT- TON . My brain is beating like the heart of Haste . SIDNEY LANIER . Beaten like a Turco that pawns his musket . - OUIDA . ― Beats ...
... Heaven that leads from a dream . - - SIDNEY LANIER . be . Beaten as a road . - - ANON . - CHARLES COT- TON . My brain is beating like the heart of Haste . SIDNEY LANIER . Beaten like a Turco that pawns his musket . - OUIDA . ― Beats ...
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... Heaven . - JĀMĪ . - - Beautiful as the vernal willow . - DR . JOHNSON . Beautiful , ... like a fairy pageant ... Heaven . GERALD MASSEY . OUIDA . Beautiful as April rains . COWPER . Beautiful as heaven . - JOHN DAY . Beautiful as noon ...
... Heaven . - JĀMĪ . - - Beautiful as the vernal willow . - DR . JOHNSON . Beautiful , ... like a fairy pageant ... Heaven . GERALD MASSEY . OUIDA . Beautiful as April rains . COWPER . Beautiful as heaven . - JOHN DAY . Beautiful as noon ...
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... heaven . - R. B. NICHOL . J. The Bible among books is as a diamond among precious stones . STOUGHTON . Big . Big as a church debt . -GEORGE Ade . Big as an elephant . - ANON . Big as a house . IBID . Bereft , Big as a whale.— IBID . As ...
... heaven . - R. B. NICHOL . J. The Bible among books is as a diamond among precious stones . STOUGHTON . Big . Big as a church debt . -GEORGE Ade . Big as an elephant . - ANON . Big as a house . IBID . Bereft , Big as a whale.— IBID . As ...
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... Heaven . JOHN GAY . Blest . Blest as the saint to his home above flying . E. M. KELLY . Blew . Blew as if he had been to puff up a RABELAIS . Blazes like a mighty sword - G. S. VIERECK . Leaping to the fight . - Blight Blighted and ...
... Heaven . JOHN GAY . Blest . Blest as the saint to his home above flying . E. M. KELLY . Blew . Blew as if he had been to puff up a RABELAIS . Blazes like a mighty sword - G. S. VIERECK . Leaping to the fight . - Blight Blighted and ...
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... heaven . SHELLEY . Blue As are the violets that hide Our dewy earth from view . EVALEEN STEIN . — Blue as plague . SWINBURNE . Blue as heaven's cloudless canopy . ESAIAS TEGNER . Blue like an ancient Briton . - THACKERAY . 26 Blue ...
... heaven . SHELLEY . Blue As are the violets that hide Our dewy earth from view . EVALEEN STEIN . — Blue as plague . SWINBURNE . Blue as heaven's cloudless canopy . ESAIAS TEGNER . Blue like an ancient Briton . - THACKERAY . 26 Blue ...
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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