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-BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Charles James Lever
Bawl like a boatswain of a man-of-war.Black as the king of Ashantee.As certainly as the thunder-crash follows the lightning.A laugh like a suffocating wheeze.The pursuit was like Jacob’s ladder—if it did lead to heaven it was certainly an awfully long journey, and very hard on one’s legs.Lakes … shining like polished mirrors.Stiff as a ramrod.Strong as a jail.Twisting like a serpent.A voice like the fourth string of a violoncello.Something like the voice of a frog with a quinsy.
