herring-pond

"Oh, never mind the clouds," rejoined the delighted skipper, whose thoughts were filled with the fond belief that the _Susan Jane_ would make the most rapid run across the herring-pond ever known for a sailing-ship.

Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek

He only got red in the face, and said that he had crossed the herring-pond hundreds of times in crafts not half so seaworthy.

Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien

"What I've said, I'll do, Sir, of course," said the tough old salt; "and since you've taken the trouble to come out here and save my lame toes, let's nail the bargain with a bottle of my old Madeira, -- some of the ripest this side of the herring-pond, I'll be bound."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

Now, my yellow pal, fork out that money, and in half an hour you'll be as safe as if you were on the other side of the herring-pond and not a policeman in London will know where to find you.

The Mystery of the Four Fingers

The best summary of “Polly” has been given by Mr. Paull, in his interesting paper on Gay [6]: ” “Macheath has been transported across the herring-pond ...

Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Melville, Lewis 1921

By the knocking Nicholas! he’ll plague you, now he’s come over the herring-pond.

Chapter XXXIV 1917

Perhaps they have nothing with them but "a pot of shamrock," or a little mountain thrush or orange-billed blackbird, in a wicker cage, to make friends with "beyant the herring-pond."

The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909

More than one of the soldiers and civilians confided to me that if there was no other way of getting across the herring-pond on the way back than by cruiser, they would stop this side.

Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 1893

Vanhansen implored May to cross the herring-pond at her expense, and have a good time among the Barbarian's relations in Ol 'Virginny and

A Houseful of Girls Sarah Tytler 1870

But as for May, she saw nothing and heard nothing of the discrepancies which might mar the ancient story to far less ostentatiously matter-of-fact and mocking critics than the would-be barbarian from beyond the herring-pond.

A Houseful of Girls Sarah Tytler 1870