| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | George MacDonald |
| | | Burns like hate. | 1 |
| Burn within me like an evil fire. | 2 |
| Calm as the calm that follows duty. | 3 |
| Capricious, like the thinkings of a child. | 4 |
| Difficulty adds to result, as the ramming of powder sends the bullet the further. | 5 |
| Her face was like the earthen pitcher of Gideon: it concealed the light. | 6 |
| Afar as angels or the sainted dead. | 7 |
Gentle, loving, kind
Like Mary singing to her mangered child. | 8 |
| Gleamed like moonshine on wet sands. | 9 |
| Hopeful as Prometheus. | 10 |
| Peaceful as summer woods. | 11 |
| Red as if he were going to choke. | 12 |
| Nose had got as red with passion as the protuberance of a turkey-cock when gobbling out its unutterable feelings of disdain. | 13 |
| He was as restless as a wild beast in a cage. | 14 |
| A half smile, like the moonlight of laughter, dawned on her face. | 15 |
| Still as the moonlight. | 16 |
| Sudden as Aphrodite from the sea. | 17 |
| Swaying like wind-swung bell. | 18 |
| Thoughts, common as clay, and the trodden earth. | 19 | | |
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