sea-maid
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Origin of sea-maid
Example Sentences
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"What is a mother?" asked one little sea-maid, while the other laughed as if the word amused her.
From Lulu's Library, Volume II by Alcott, Louisa May
The sea-maid turned about, and her face flashed suddenly upon him, bright in the moonlight.
From The Mermaid A Love Tale by Dougall, Lily
Come what come might, his spirit walked the beach that night with the beautiful spirit that the face of the sea-maid interpreted to him.
From The Mermaid A Love Tale by Dougall, Lily
Sir W. Scott perhaps alluded to the superstition in the lines: "And the kelpie rang, And the sea-maid sang The dirge of lovely Rosabelle."
From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
He thought the sea-maid did not know that he had seen her, for her footsteps came on after his own.
From The Mermaid A Love Tale by Dougall, Lily
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