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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Transparent
 
  Transparent as a veil.
            —Hans Christian Andersen		  1
  Transparent as a young sardine.
            —Anonymous		  2
  Transparent as crystal.
            —Anonymous		  3
  Transparent as gossamer.
            —Anonymous		  4
  Transparent as light.
            —Anonymous		  5
  Transparent … as a ruby smitten by the sun.
            —Dante		  6
  Transparent as a rock of solid crystal.
            —John Dryden		  7
  Transparent as a rock-pool.
            —George Eliot		  8
  Transparent as mica.
            —O. Henry		  9
  Transparent as pure water.
            —Sigmund Krasinski		  10
  Transparent as glass.
            —Guy de Maupassant		  11
  Transparent as air.
            —Bernardin de Saint-Pierre		  12
  Transparent as barricadoes.
            —William Shakespeare		  13
  Transparent as the soul of innocent youth.
            —William Wordsworth		  14
 
 
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