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Brewer's: South-Sea Scheme
or Bubble. A stock-jobbing scheme devised by Sir John Blunt, a lawyer. The object of the company was to buy up the National Debt, and to be allowed the sole privilege of trading in the…Brewer's: Queen of the Northern Seas
Elizabeth, who greatly increased the English navy, and was successful against the Spanish Armada, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's BenchQueen of…Brewer's: Sea-girt Isle
England. So called because, as Shakespeare has it, it is “hedged in with the main, that water-wallëd bulwark” (King John, ii. 1). This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it…Brewer's: Sea-green Incorruptible
(The). So Carlyle called Robespierre in his French Revolution. “The song is a short one, and may perhaps serve to qualify our judgment of the `sea-green incorruptible.' ” —Notes and…Poems by Emily Dickinson: By the Sea
by EmilyDickinsonTwo VoyagersOld-FashionedBy the Sea By the Sea I started early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me, And frigates in…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Sea
by EmilyDickinsonA TempestIn the GardenThe Sea The Sea An everywhere of silver, With ropes of sand To keep it from effacing The track called land.Brewer's: Half-seas Over
Almost up with one. Now applied to a person almost dead drunk. The phrase seems to be a corruption of the Dutch op-zee zober, “over-sea beer,” a strong, heady beverage introduced into…Ultimate Oceans and Seas Quiz
Are you ready to test your knowledge about the biggest bodies of water on Earth? From the largest ocean in the world to the saltiest sea, this quiz will take you on a deep dive through the…Bizarre Sea Creatures Quiz
/* /*]]>*/ Ocean creatures are still being discovered. Many of those discoveries seem strange enough to be a work of fiction. How well do you know the bizarre creatures of the sea?Walt Whitman: In Cabin'd Ships at Sea
In Cabin'd Ships at SeaIn cabin'd ships at sea, The boundless blue on every side expanding, With whistling winds and music of the waves, the large imperious waves, Or some lone bark buoy'd on…Trending
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