Hidden fields
Books Books
" 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... "
Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ... - Page 224
by William Shakespeare - 1851 - 418 pages
Full view - About this book

Shakspeare and his times

Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
...held up to scorn the first of these foibles in an admirable strain -f sarcasm: — " A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but...not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of siher: there would this monster make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man : when they will not...
Full view - About this book

A Volume of Varieties

Charles Knight - 1844 - 246 pages
...common ; and 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...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, if...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...fish ; a 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...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, hold...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pages
...fish ; a 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...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, hold...
Full view - About this book

The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...fish; a 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...there makes a man. When they will not give a doit 1o relieve a lame beggar , they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his...
Full view - About this book

The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...fish ; a 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...not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of 1 Make mouths. - A leathern flagon to hold beer. silver : there would this monster make a man : any...
Full view - About this book

The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson: The Arctic Discoverer

Alexander Simpson - Arctic regions - 1845 - 450 pages
...to the trade of the country whose waters fall into Hudson's Bay: to which char* " A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but...— any strange beast there makes a man. When they would not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." — Tempest....
Full view - About this book

The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 41

Liberalism (Religion) - 1846 - 492 pages
...World, is well hit off in the language put in the mouth of Trinculo, when he encounters Caliban, — " Were I in England now, (as once I was), and had but...to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to tee a dead Indian." We see in Caliban the leading characteristics of the savage aborigines of America....
Full view - About this book

Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 6; Volume 41

Theology - 1846 - 496 pages
...World, is well hit off in the language put in the mouth of Trinculo, when he encounters Caliban, — " Were I in England now, (as once I was), and had but...to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to i.ee a dead Indian." We see in Caliban the leading characteristics of the savage aborigines of America....
Full view - About this book

Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...fish ; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the newest. Poor-John. A strange fish ! : an% strange beast there makes a man. When thej wUl not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF