 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 Shakespeare - Page 24by William Shakespeare - 1860Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 526 pages
...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...a lame 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 pages
...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...a lame 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 358 pages
...ancient and fish-' like 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...a lame 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,... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 pages
...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...a lame 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...very ancient and fish-like 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...man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a kme beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms... | |
 | 1844 - 640 pages
...! Were I in England now, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give me a piece of silver. There would this monster make a...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." A Mermaid desired to know whether she was intended by the Sphynx's enigma, as she was a lady.... | |
 | 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 pages
...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...a lame 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1822 - 446 pages
...strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was,) and had this fish painted, not a holiday-fool there but would give a piece of silver : there would...a lame 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...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...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fips like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...wood in slowly: I'll fall 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...a lame 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... | |
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