sea-maid

But this old sea-maid be air-baggin' fer longer than she needs.

20th September '05 2005

Some report a sea-maid spawned him; some, that he was begot between two stock-fishes.

Measure for Measure 2004

Some report a sea-maid spawn’d him; some that he was begot between two stock-fishes.

Act III. Scene II. Measure for Measure 1914

“A sea-maid has no immortal soul, and can never gain one, except she win the love of a mortal.

The Little Sea-Maid 1909

Before the sun rises you must thrust it into the heart of the Prince, and when the warm blood falls upon your feet they will grow together again into a fish-tail, and you will become a sea-maid again, and come back to us, and live your three hundred years before you become dead salt sea-foam.

The Little Sea-Maid 1909

When the sisters thus rose up, arm in arm, in the evening time, through the water, the little sister stood all alone looking after them; and she felt as if she must weep; but the sea-maid has no tears and for this reason she suffers far more acutely.

The Little Sea-Maid 1909

When something like a black cloud passed among them, she knew that it was either a whale swimming over her head, or a ship with many people: they certainly did not think that a pretty little sea-maid was standing down below stretching up her white hands towards the keel of their ship.

The Little Sea-Maid 1909

She swam like a sea-maid, she had fenced even better than her brother, and methinks she was the bonniest shot with a long-bow of any woman in all England.

A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales Am��lie Rives 1904

As it was, a pair of brown eyes blinded him, and the tones of a voice sweeter than the songs of Oberon's sea-maid filled his ears.

A Fool for Love Francis Lynde 1893

The sea-maid was not in sight, truly; but as long as he stood alone in the moonlight scene, he felt that her presence was with him.

The Mermaid A Love Tale Lily Dougall 1890