“The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east” WorldCharacterBodyFormWaterSeaOceanEastLovelyChainsDefinedChiefsNarrativeIslandsJewelsGemsCaribbeanAlluringBodies Of Water Book:Caribbean: A Novel Source: Caribbean: A Novel
“Truth is a matter of the imagination. The soundest fact may fail or prevail in the style of its telling: like that singular organic jewel of our seas, which grows brighter as one woman wears it and, worn by another, dulls and goes to dust.” MayMatterFactsGrowsImaginationFailingSeaStyleTruth IsDustWornJewelsBrighterOne Woman Book:The Left Hand of Darkness Source: The Left Hand of Darkness
“A good watch may serve to keep a recconing at Sea for some days and to know the time of a Celestial Observ[at]ion: and for this end a good Jewel watch may suffice till a better sort of Watch can be found out. But when the Longitude at sea is once lost, it cannot be found again by any watch.” KnowsMayEndsFoundLostWatchesSeaJewelsCelestialIons Book:1718-1727 Source: 1718-1727
“And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.” FallWaterSeaSkyRiversSightDepthFishesCurrentsBoatInstantStreamsVisibleLakesFishingSilverFlashLightningRainbowJewelsGleamDainty Author:John Buchan
“the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.” LightSeaBlueJewelsVioletRimsCaskets Author:Margaret Deland
“Go! dive into the Southern Sea, and when Th'ast found, to trouble the nice sight of men, A swelling pearl, and such whose single worth Boasts all the wonders which the seas bring forth, Give it Endymion's love, whose ev'ry tear Would more enrich the skilful jeweller.” MenGivingFoundWonderNiceTroubleSeaTearsSightSouthernPearlsJewelsBoastSwellingEndymion Author:William Davenant
“There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.” TogetherFireSeaColorGreenShiningUnionsIncrediblesOilBrilliantPainterBurningFlamesJewelsPurpleRivalsJewelrySplendorGemsRubiesEmeraldsOpalAmethystJewelry Boxes Author:Pliny the Elder
“What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine.” WarWealthSeaMinesPureJewelsSpoilAfarShrines Book:Records of Woman, with Other Poems Source: Records of Woman, with Other Poems