"A land with lots of herring can get along with few doctors."

"And like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn."

"On the third day of his fasting By the lake he sat and pondered, By the still, transparent water; Saw the sturgeon, N…"

"Fruit of the sea"

"Fish at a feast, and flesh in Lent, Are never out of season."

"For when I see you, (without joking) Your eyes, lips, breasts, are so provoking, They set my heart more cock-a-hoop, …"

"How unfavourably this hotch-potch compares with the Marseillese bouillabaisse! But what can be expected, considering …"

"These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in …"

"We’ll sport and be free with Moll, Betty, and Dolly, Have oysters and lobsters to cure melancholy: Fish-dinners will …"

"Of all the fish in the sea herring is king."