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Definition of Similes
1. simile [n] - See also: simile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Similes
Literary usage of Similes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1817)
"Of the style of engraving in early Bibles; with numerous fac-similes from the
... Of woodcut decorations in Classical Works , with far similes : of the ..."
2. The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1901)
"similes and Metaphors. Pathetic Repetition. On epic similes and metaphors ...
Such stock similes belong to neither epic, but to the epic store in general, ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1846)
"The engraving of the fac similes is also admirable, and the whole eie- Cution of
the works. The accounts extend through the most eventful period of our ..."
4. A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature by Alexander Jamieson (1840)
"But although such deliberate and highly-finished comparisons are inconsistent
with every violent exertion of passion, yet short similes, adapted entirely to ..."
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