Grave Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Grave


Grave as an old gate-post. —Anonymous	1
Grave as Pascal. —Anonymous	2
Grave, as the manner of noble men is. —Elizabeth Barrett Browning	3
Grave as a judge. —Charles Dickens	4
Grave as an organ. —Charles Dickens	5
Grave and thoughtful as rich mourners. —Diogenes Laertius	6
Grave as actors do in Lent. —Pierce Egan	7
Grave as a mourning hearse. —Pierce Egan	8
Grave as Libanius, slumbering o’er the laws. —Elijah Fenton	9
Grave as saints. —Jean Jules Jusserand	10
As grave as Porcius Cato when he met with a repulse which he had never expected nor dreamt of. —Marcellinus	11
Grave as an eye dwelling on blood. —George Meredith	12
Grave as a judge. —Poor Robin’s Almanack	13
Grave As the unwilling herald of the king. —Arthur Symons	14
Grave as from a funeral. —Alfred Tennyson	15