| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Robert Jephson |
| | | Bright as ruddy meteors through the sky. | 1 |
| Expectation, like a fiery steed, anticipates the course, and pants to hear the sprightly signal start him for the goal. | 2 |
| Fear on fear, like light reflected from the dancing wave, visits all places, but can rest in none. | 3 |
| Firm as Atlas. | 4 |
| Inviolable as recorded oaths. | 5 |
| Resistless as a flash that strikes from Heaven. | 6 |
| Shaking like pent up winds. | 7 |
| Sped like plagues and pestilences. | 8 | | |
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