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The Works of Shakespeare: Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of ... - Page 55
by William Shakespeare - 1871
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 476 pages
...smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish -like smell; a kind of, not of the aewest, Poor -John. A strange fish! Were I in England now (as once I was,)...holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver i there would thi» monster make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man : Tvhen they will not...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 344 pages
...cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls. — What have we here ? a man or a fish ? Dead or alive .- A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and...piece of silver : there would this monster make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man : when they will jiot give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they...
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Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 1

Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 552 pages
...Dekkar's Strange horserace, &c. sign. f. 3. b. and Mr. Steevens's note in p. '28. Sc. 2. p. 77. THIN. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I...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 relieve a lame beggar, they...
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The Literary Panorama, Volume 1

English literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...English. She 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...of silver : there would this monster make " a man : any strange beast there makes a " man : when they will not give a doit to " relieve a lame beggar,...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...instance, he has held up to scorn the first of these foibles in an admirable strain of sarcasm : — " A strange fish ! Were I in England now, (as once I...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 relieve a lame beggar, they...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 80

English literature - 1817 - 526 pages
...who allege they are entitled to a preference under the Acts of Parliament. ON FASHIONABLE LIOXS. " Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but...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 relieve a lame beggar, they...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 358 pages
...? a man or a fish ? dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-' like smell ; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. 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 relieve a lame beggar, they...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...cannot choose but faU by pailfuls. — What have we here ? a man or a fash ? Dead or alive ? A flsh : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like...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 relieve a kme beggar, they...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 452 pages
...vi. p. 445, n. 1. MALONE. 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...piece of silver : there would this monster make a man 8 ; any strange beast there makes a man : when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar,...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...bringing 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...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 relieve a lame beggar, they...
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