Nothing in comparison of. English examples, 1596, 1791, N.E.D.

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1806.  A pretty scene of confusion ensued,—everything in the old ‘Comedy of Errours’ is a fool to it.The Repertory, Boston, Aug. 19.

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1820.  Putnam’s exploit with the wolf was a fool to this.Mass. Spy, Jan. 12.

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