 A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to...  The Plays of Shakspeare - Page 12by William Shakespeare - 1819Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...cannot choose but fall by pailf uls.— What have we here? a man or a fish ? Dead or alive ? A fish : rop Out at mine eyes, in tender womanish tears.Can...mu«. Arth. And will you ? a^- And I will. Artk. lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead In. dian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...stand recorded, at their own request, Drydcn—to Sir Godfrey Kneller. Mcci.xxxm. AVere I in Kngland now (as once I was,) and had but this fish painted,...a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to sec a dead Indian.—Tempest—Uhalttpeare. MCCLXXXIV. A mind... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...cannot choose but fall by pailfuls. — What have we here ? a man or a fish ? Dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like...man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man ! and his fins like arms... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...Shakspeare's Tempest) mistakes Caliban for 'a strange fish,' he at once exclaims : ' Were I in England now, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool...man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.' This love of the English populace for strange... | |
 | George Daniel - English literature - 1835 - 376 pages
...Trinculo, upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims — " A strange fish ! were I in England now (as I once was,^ and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." t A German count and a gamester are synonymous... | |
 | George Daniel - English literature - 1835 - 366 pages
...Trinculo, upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims — " A strange fish ! were I in England now (as T once was,^ and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." t A German count and a gamester are synonymous... | |
 | George Daniel - English literature - 1835 - 366 pages
...upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims—" A strange fish! were I in England 1 now (as I once was.J and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool...a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." All who for wit or want their country leave,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...instance, he has held up to scorn the first of these foibles in an admirable strain of sarcasm: — Mr. Oldys, in his collections for a life of our author, repeats this report wit lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian ;" (act ii. sc. 2) a passage which Mr. Douce... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...a fish ; a very ancient and fish- like •«tl ; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. A s 6th I BAPIISTA, KATHARINA, BIANCA, GREMIO, and HOBTENSIO....youngest * Katharina, Because I know you well, and l lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms... | |
 | Francis Douce - Clowns in literature - 1839 - 678 pages
...Dekkar's Strange horserace, &c. sign. f. 3. b. and Mr. Steevens's note in p. 28. SCENE 2. Page 77THIN. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I...man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. This speech happily ridicules the mania that... | |
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