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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Thomas Holcroft
The made-up beauties we commonly meet, like artificial flowers, are all show, and no fragrance.Dragged … like a lamb to a slaughter-house.Dull as an alderman at church, or a fat lap-dog after dinner.Immovable, like the owner’s names, cut in brass, and nailed to their doors.
