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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes.
1916.
Near
Near as two hapennies for a penny.
Anonymous
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Near as one second is to another.
Anonymous
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Near as the bark to [the] tree.
William Camden (Remains)
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As neere is Fancie to Beautie, as the pricke to the rose, as the stalke to the rynde, as the earth to the roote.
John Lyly
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More near and near,
Like doves about a dovecote, wheeling round.
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