SIMILITUDES. Like likes like. I have here only made a garland of choice flowers; GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. 1882. 2525 252525 INTRODUCTION. Among the numerous volumes of selections which have from time to time been offered to the public, it does not appear that any one of similes or similitudes is to be found; it is therefore hoped that the present compilation, the result of many years' reading, may be acceptable. SYDENHAM, B. S. 2527777777777772525252529 SIMILITUDES. POLITENESS is like an air-cushion-there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life. MELANCTHON'S character was privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven; and he expired like a wave scarcely curling to the evening zephyr of an unclouded summer sky, and gently rippling to the shore. A MAN whose labour has acquired riches, and whose charity dispenses them, is like the revolving sun, which draws the water from the ocean at the hour of noon, to disperse it over the earth in the evening dews. 2525 52525252525252525252 I |