Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Venice
Venice is like a melancholy face of a former beauty who has ceased to rouge, or wipe away traces of her old arts.
—George Meredith
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Venice is like a melancholy face of a former beauty who has ceased to rouge, or wipe away traces of her old arts.
—George Meredith