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

Henry Mackenzie

Domestic calamity is like the miniature of a friend, which we wear in our bosoms, and keep for secret looks and solitary enjoyment.

Hideous as the witch of Endor.

Masculine as a fox chase.

Returned, like the first messenger of Noah.

Sentiment, like religion, had its superstition and its martyrdom.

Tedious and dull as truth.

Tender, as if it twinned with sorrow.