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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
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As the fair lawn excels the rushy mead,
As firs the thorn, and flow’rs the pois’nous weed.
            —Richard Jago		  1
  Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
            —Old Testament		  2
  Excelling, as much as orient gold surmounteth brass.
            —William Thomson		  3
 
 
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