| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Bonnell Thornton |
| | | Together like the two kings of Brentford smelling at one nosegay. | 1 |
| Absurd as to imagine that the hair-lip or carbuncled nose a man sees in the glass, belongs to the figure in the mirror, and not to his own face. | 2 |
| Discordant as croaking frogs. | 3 |
| Dismal as the month in which Christmas is celebrated. | 4 |
| Fresh and ruddy as a parson’s daughter. | 5 |
| Horrid as the witches in Macbeth. | 6 |
Rough repetition roars in rudest rhyme,
As clappers clinkle in one charming chime. | 7 |
| Romantic as the Alcoran. | 8 | | |
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