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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes.
1916.
New York Sun
As boldly as a sunflower faces the orb of day.
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We believe that mendacity, like marriage, is essentially a human convention and that in Heaven there is neither lying nor giving the lie.
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As pitiless to them as the Hyrcanian tiger to a lamb chop in the original wool.
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Silent as a steam calliope with a broken boiler.
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Smile like an Oil Trust.
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