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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... "
Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ... - Page 224
by William Shakespeare - 1851 - 418 pages
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Comedies. Two gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 pages
...fish ; a very undent and fish-like smell ; a kind of, not of the newest Poor-John. A strange fish ! re William" William Shakespeare( uj strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will...
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The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...strange fish ! Were I in England now, (as once I was,) and had but this fish painted, not a holidayfool ouch. Then thou art damn'd. Cor. Nay, I hope, —...Touch. Why, if thou never wast at court, thou neve Legg'd like a man ! and his fins • Make mouth*. i A black jack of leather to hold beer. SCENE I....
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The Countess of Huntingdon's New Magazine

Theology - 1850 - 704 pages
...rather merry and sarcastic on this subject. His words are— " What have we here ? A strange fish ? Were I in England now (as once I was,) and had but...make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man.' This, of course, was in the times of our ignorance ; but yet there was in this rude curiosity a hopefulness...
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The Production of English Renaissance Culture

David Lee Miller, Sharon O'Dair, Harold Weber - History - 1994 - 340 pages
...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, and had but...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 is not...
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The Tempest

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 132 pages
...like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of notof-the-newest poor-John: a strange fish. Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but...of silver: there would this monster make a man. Any 30 strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will...
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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...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." Interest in monstrosities had not waned by the mid-eighteenth century. Goldsmith complained that, "from...
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Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England

Kim F. Hall - History - 1995 - 340 pages
...that speak this speech" [1.1.430]) unwittingly creates the very entanglement that imperialism dreads: "Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian" (2.2.30-32). This entanglement is itself ironically staged in the image of Trinculo and Caliban under...
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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...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, but these...
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Travel and Drama in Shakespeare's Time

Jean-Pierre Maquerlot, Michèle Willems - Drama - 1996 - 292 pages
...Pompey's galley, in Antony and Cleopatra) while to Stephano the island presents an excellent get-penny: would this monster make a man; any strange beast there...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. (n.^.28-34) The shipwreck is presented from diverse points of view and in diverse styles, but these...
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Women and Literature in Britain, 1500-1700

Helen Wilcox - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 334 pages
...thinking specifically of Norwich when he considers the potential of displaying Caliban as a freak: Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but...piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian....
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