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| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. |
| Martial |
| Constant as the years are rolled. | 1 |
| Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows. | 2 |
| Want’s like an Irish bog, wherein who sticketh, By striving to get out, still deeper sinketh. | 3 |
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