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

Henry James

Look as blank as a pickpocket.

Calm—as if she were always sitting for her portrait.

Chaste … as the veil of a nun.

Durable as bronze.

A face that was like an open letter in a foreign tongue.

Formal … as the veil of a nun.

As fresh as the fruit on the tree.

Light … as cork.

Trivial as the giggle of a housemaid.