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

William Byrd

Our conversation with the ladies, like whip syllabub, was very pretty, but had nothing in it.

Deceitful like the devil.

Soft as the murmurs of a virgin’s sigh.

Swift as Jove’s lightning.

Triumph like a king.