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

John Dennis

He who makes use of a Chorus in Tragedy seems to me to do like a Physitian, who, prescribing a Dose for the evacuation of Peccant Humors, should afterwards order Restringents to be taken in the midst of its kind Operation.

Colorless as an etching.

Purple like that of a prelate.

Yawning wide like the mouth of a cavern.