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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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The Tempest, illustr. by B. Foster [and others].

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 104 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...to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to sec a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! I do now let loose...
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Choice thoughts from Shakspere, by the author of 'The book of familiar ...

William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...very ancient and fish-like smell ; a kind of, not of the newest, PoorJohn. A strange fish ! Were 1 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 shew thee the best springs ; I'll pluck thee berries ; I'll fish for...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Adapted for Family Reading

William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler - 1861 - 914 pages
...very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. A strange fish ! Were I in It is the lady that Pyramus must love. 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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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1862 - 560 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. Leeg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! 1 do now let loose my opinion,...
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Savagism and Civility: Indians and Englishmen in Colonial Virginia

Bernard Sheehan - History - 1980 - 276 pages
...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 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 II do now let loose my opinion,...
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Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Twelve ...

Philip Brockbank - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 198 pages
...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 this fish...a lame beggar they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. (2.2.27-33) Next, Trinculo obviously looks or feels under the gabardine, for he says, 'Legged...
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The Production of English Renaissance Culture

David Lee Miller, Sharon O'Dair, Harold Weber - History - 1994 - 340 pages
...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, and had but this fish...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. (II. ii. 25-34) Miming death, Caliban has become pure body. In Trinculo's eyes (and nose) he...
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Imagining Monsters: Miscreations of the Self in Eighteenth-Century England

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 lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." Interest in monstrosities had not waned by the mid-eighteenth century. Goldsmith complained...
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Travel and Drama in Shakespeare's Time

Jean-Pierre Maquerlot, Michèle Willems - Drama - 1996 - 292 pages
...an excellent get-penny: A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but 1hisfish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian, (n.ii. 28-34) The shipwreck is presented from diverse points of view and in diverse styles,...
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Reason Diminished: Shakespeare and the Marvelous

Peter G. Platt - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 304 pages
...fish! Were I in England now (as once I wasl and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there hut would give a piece of silver. There would this monster...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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