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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 Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works ... - Page 15
by William Shakespeare - 1853
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The plays (poems) of Shakespeare, ed. by H. Staunton ..., Part 170, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...of, not of the newest, poor-John. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was), and had but Indian.(S) Legged like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion,...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 836 pages
...not of the newest, poor- John. A strange fish ! Were I iu England now (as once I was), and had but courtezan. — Indian.(3) Legged like a man ! and his fins like amis ! Warm, о' шу troth ! I do now let loose my...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...not of the newest, poor-John. A strange fish ! \Vero I in England now (as once I was), and had but N. Old lord, I cnnnot blame thee, Who am myself attach'd with weariness, To the Indian.*3) Legged like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Wann, o' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion,...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1913 - 872 pages
...Caliban. ' Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted [sc. outside a booth], not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.' Trinculo bears witness to a perennial phase of popular curiosity. A wild man from an unfamiliar country...
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Anglia, Volumes 50-52

Comparative linguistics - 1926 - 1256 pages
...this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there this monster would make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man! and his fins like arms!" etc. ') In the midst of the serious action in Act 5, Sc....
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1879 - 718 pages
...painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver : there would this monster maie a man; any strange beast there makes a man : when...a lame beggar they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian."—Tempest, ii. 2. I have not met with any explanation of this phrase. In my youth, to " irwke...
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Savagism and Civility: Indians and Englishmen in Colonial Virginia

Bernard Sheehan - History - 1980 - 276 pages
...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 painted, not a holiday fool there but would...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, hold it...
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Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Twelve ...

Philip Brockbank - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 198 pages
...that people might pay money to view these monsters: Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would...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 like...
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The Production of English Renaissance Culture

David Lee Miller, Sharon O'Dair, Harold Weber - History - 1994 - 340 pages
...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 painted, not a holiday fool there but would...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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Imagining Monsters: Miscreations of the Self in Eighteenth-Century England

Dennis Todd - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 364 pages
...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 there but would...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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