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

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

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Back … with the instinct of homing pigeons. —Mary Austin	1
Backward as the wind sweeps flame. —Elizabeth Barrett Browning	2
Backward, like a witch’s prayers. —Earl of Dorset	3
Like the pace of a crab, backward. —Robert Greene	4
Backward like the long wash of a wave. —Maurice Hewlett	5
Spelling it backward, like a Hebrew book. —Henry W. Longfellow	6
Like a rope-maker’s were his ways, for still one line upon another he spun, and, like his hempen brother, kept going backwards all his days. —Horace Smith	7
Slideth back as a backsliding heifer. —Old Testament	8