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

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

High


High as a kite. —Anonymous	1
High as summer-surge swells. —Anonymous	2
Higher than Gilroy’s kite. —Anonymous	3
High as the herald-star. —Edwin Arnold	4
High as man’s desires. —Earl of Beaconsfield	5
High … as the stars were above the clouds. —Arthur. C. Benson	6
Higher than the price ov gold. —Josh Billings	7
High as the stars. —Thomas Carlyle	8
High as the head of Fame. —William Congreve	9
High as the spheres. —William Congreve	10
Piled high as the skies. —Frederick the Great	11
High as the berries of a wild ash tree. —John Keats	12
High as Jove’s roof. —Sir Roger L’Estrange	13
High as that peak in Heaven where Milton kneels. —Edwin Markham	14
High as most fantastic woman’s wits could reach. —Thomas Otway	15
As high as Gilderoy. —Scottish Proverb	16
High as heaven itself. —William Shakespeare	17
High as the sunniest heights of kindliest thought. —Algernon Charles Swinburne	18
As high as heaven. —Old Testament	19
High as manhood’s noon. —William Wordsworth	20