 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...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 32by William Shakespeare - 1857Full view - About this book
 | David Brown - History - 1853 - 276 pages
...certainly now caught a strange fish, even in English waters, that can hardly fail to make a man of him. " Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." Munificently, and three-fold, shall he find himself paid—if so great a man can be paid—and besides,... | |
 | David Brown - Slavery - 1853 - 286 pages
...certainly now caught a strange fish, even in English waters, that can hardly fail to make a man of him. " Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." Munificently, and three-fold, shall he find himself paid—if so great a man can be paid—and besides,... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...their own request, To future days, a libel or a jest. Dry den — to Sir Godfrey Kneller MCCLXXX1IL Were I in England now (as once I was) , and had but...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. — Tempest — Shakspsare. MCCLXXX1V. A mind too vigorous and active serves only to consume the body... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...their own request, To future days, a libel or a jest. Dry den — to Sir Godfrey Kneller MCCLXXXIII. Were I in England now (as once I was) , and had but...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. — Tempest — Shakspsare. MCCLXXXIV. A mind too vigorous and active serves only to consume the body... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Bernard Sheehan - History - 1980 - 276 pages
...low 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...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... | |
 | Philip Brockbank - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 198 pages
...in England 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...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... | |
 | David Lee Miller, Sharon O'Dair, Harold Weber - History - 1994 - 340 pages
...fish! He smells 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,...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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