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Justin Huntley McCarthy
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Justin Huntley McCarthy
Melts like a pearl in pot of vinegar.
Stood rigid, as if in a trance.
Sour as a rotten orange.
Tingled like a lute that is tuned too high.
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