Sir Charles Sedley Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Sir Charles Sedley


Bloom’d in the winter of his days, Like Glastonbury thorn.	1
Women, like things, at second hand Do half their value lose; But, whilst all courtship they withstand, May at their pleasure choose.	2
Awful as a villain in a domestic melodrama.	3