 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...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Seite 9von William Shakespeare - 1874Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1817 - 552 Seiten
...rogue, who, according to the old saw, had just escaped a watery grave — " were I in England now, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." We shall just add, that a dollar was the price of admission to the sight, in this country. But what... | |
 | 1807 - 788 Seiten
...ig a pupil of Mr: 0»vy. * The Sea Voyage, t The Goblins. J " Were I i:i England no\v, as once I " was, and had but this fish painted, not a «• holiday...beggar, they will lay out " ten to see a dead Indian ! " § The perpetual mildness of the climate (the Bermudas) caused them to be called by «n apt alfusion... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 560 Seiten
...Mr. Steevens's note in p. 28. . Sc. 2. p. 77. TRIN. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. This speech happily ridicules the mania that appears to have always existed among our countrymen for... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 552 Seiten
...Mr. Steevens's note in p. '28. Sc. 2. p. 77. THIN. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. This speech happily ridicules the mania that appears to have always existed among our countrymen for... | |
 | 1817 - 526 Seiten
...2,911 19 S.957 S 5 16 Total L. 108,150 3 11 ON FASHIONABLE LIONS. " Were I in England now, as once t was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." — Tempest, Art II. MR EDITOR, I SEND you two letters, which, though written in, and descriptive of,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 358 Seiten
...smell ; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was,) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion, hold... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 Seiten
...Shakespeare and contemporary dramatists. Trinculo says, speaking of Caliban, "Were I but in England now .... and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." And again ; " Do you put tricks upon's with savages and men of Inde ?" &c. The whole play of the Tempest,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1896 - 616 Seiten
...sight of Caliban, gives expression to the regret : — ' Were I in England now, as I once was, and had this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.' The dream of discovering an El Dorado, the hope of plunder, and religious fervour sent men on expeditions... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 Seiten
...flat: Perchance he will not mind me. SATIRE ON ENGLISH CURIOSITY. Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. CALIBAN'S PROMISES. I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; I'll fish for thee, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 Seiten
...smell; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. A strange fish ! Were I in England now, (as once I was,} and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead In. dian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o'my troth ! 'I do now let loose my opinion,... | |
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