Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Sacred

Sacred as cats to a priest in Thebes.
—Anonymous

Sacred as Hindoo gods.
—Anonymous

Sacred as a shrine.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Sacred as the crocodiles were to the ancient Egyptians.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Sacred as churchyard turf.
—Eliza Cook

Sacred as an unvoiced prayer.
—George Meredith

Sacred as a monarch’s hall.
—John Greenleaf Whittier