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
| Thomas Dekker - 1927 - 176 pages
...puppets, naked Indians, strange fishes, and other miraculous phenomena. Cf. The Tempest, 2. 2. 28-35. ' A strange fish ! Were I in England now, as once I...a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.' 228. Tower Street. Stow refers to the Tower... | |
| William Henry Irving - Literary Criticism - 1928 - 508 pages
...Londoner's delight in strange sights and exhibitions we have no better expression than Trinculo's words: ' A strange fish ! Were I in England now, as once I...a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.2 1 The Tempest, II, 2. 1 Cf. "The Savage;... | |
| Bernard Sheehan - History - 1980 - 276 pages
...low creature, recognizes him immediately: What have we here? a man or a fish? ... A strange fish I Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but...a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man; and his fins like arms!... | |
| Philip Brockbank - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 198 pages
...in England of putting natives in fairgrounds so that people might pay money to view these monsters: Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but...a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. (2.2.27-33) Next, Trinculo obviously looks... | |
| David Lee Miller, Sharon O'Dair, Harold Weber - History - 1994 - 340 pages
...fish! He smells like a fish; a very ancient and fishlike smell; a kind of not of the newest Poor John. A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was,...a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. (II. ii. 25-34) Miming death, Caliban has... | |
| Dennis Todd - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 364 pages
...the monstrous Caliban, his first thoughts are of England—and of money: "Were I in England now,... 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." Interest in monstrosities had not waned by... | |
| Peter Mason - Acculturation - 1998 - 304 pages
...artifacts (Mason 1996, 115), but also at metaphorical and allegorical representations. 6 EXOTIC SPECTACLES Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but...a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Shakespeare, The Tempest Thus far we have... | |
| Ford - American newspapers - 1999 - 412 pages
...hearts of maids"; or Trinculo's exclamations at sight of Caliban: "A strange fish! Were I in England (as once I was), and had but this fish painted, not...a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." These sheets are adorned —or disfigured... | |
| John Thieme - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 210 pages
...reference to The Tempest in Water with Berries, when he has a character quote Trinculo's words on Caliban: 'Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but.... . . When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian' (Water 159-60; Tempest II, ii, 27-32). The... | |
| John Thieme - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 210 pages
...reference to The Tempest in Water with Berries, when he has a character quote Trinculo's words on Caliban: 'Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but.... . . When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian' (Water 159-60; Tempest II, ii, 27-32). The... | |
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