Pedro Calderon de la Barca Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

Pedro Calderón de la Barca


Pure as the first blush of day.	1
Stands at gaze As might a wolf just fasten’d on his prey.	2
Substantial as the shadow of a shade.	3
Sure as death.	4
Swift almost as a human smile may chase A frown from some conciliated face.	5
Stand unmoved, like a rock ’mid raging seas.	6
Your women Are like new plays, which self-complacent authors Offer at some eight hundred royals each, But which, when once they’re tried, you purchase dear Eight hundred for a royal.	7
Melted like a phantasm.	8