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" 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 24
by William Shakespeare - 1860
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Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on ...

Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...&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 was) and had but this fish...a lame 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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 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,...
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Chefs-d'œuvre de Shakespeare ..: Richard III, Roméo et Juliette et Le ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 714 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,...
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An Essay on the Play of The Tempest: With Remarks on the Superstitions of ...

Patrick MacDonell - 1840 - 74 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." This is correctly true ; the desire of seeing strange sights, still strongly prevails among...
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The Book of Archery

George Agar Hansard - 1840 - 594 pages
...journey to * " Were I in England now as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool but would give a piece of silver ; there would this...give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay down ten to see a dead Indian.'' — Tempest. f Travels in the Levant, p. 72. INTRODUCTION. Xltl Packanock,...
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London, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...thus, he that brought home " a dead Indian " or " a strange fish " was sure to be rewarded. " 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." So learned Trinculo, in the ' Tempest,' reprehends our countrymen. But they were not far wrong,...
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The Philosophy of Shakspere: Extracted from His Plays

William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...poor abilities to cope with. THE ENGLISH FOND OF STRANGE SIGHTS. Trinculo. 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 ! Tempest. Act ii. Scene 2. FOND OF HAVING TOO MCCH OF A GOOD THING. Falstaff. It was always...
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-III

William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 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...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion,...
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Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education

Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1841 - 506 pages
...acceptable as it was to the easy belief of earlier times. " What have we here? A strange fish! Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but this fish...make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man." (Tempest, Act II. Scene 2.) The more ignorant the population the more immoveable they are found to...
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The Book of Archery: Being the Complete History and Practice of the Art ...

George Agar Hansard - 1841 - 574 pages
...journey to * " Were I in England now as once I was, and had but this li-.li painted, not a holiday fool but would give a piece of silver ; there would this...give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay down ten to see a dead Indian.'' — Tempest. f Travels in the Levant, p. 72. Packanock, the habitation...
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