COMPARISONS.
(Copied by Joan Leach, Torbay.) As wet as a .fish—as dry as a bone; As live as a bird—as dead as a stone; As plump as a partridge— as poor as a rat; As strong as a horse—as weak as a ea.t; As hard as a flint—as soft as a mole; As white as a lily—as as coal; As plain as a pikestaff—as rough as a boar; As light as ffritm—as free as the air; | As heavy as lead—as light as a feather; As steady as time—uncertain as weather; As hot as an oven—as cold as a frog; As gay as a lark—as sick as a dog; As slow as a tortoise—as swift as the wind; A true lis the Cospel—as false as mankind.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 291, 8 December 1937, Page 26
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125COMPARISONS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 291, 8 December 1937, Page 26
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