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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Comparisons are Odorous

So says Dogberry. (Much Ado About Nothing, iii. 5.)

We own your verses are melodious,
But then comparisons are odious.

Swift, Answer to Sheridan's “Simile.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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