| Kathleen Sue Fine-Dare - Social Science - 276 pages
...Parthenon until 1811 (Etienne and Etienne 1992: 68, 74-75). Native Americans in the European Imagination when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.— William Shakespeare, The Tempest The point of discussing the Elgin Marbles is to indicate that the... | |
| Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 282 pages
...of beggars is in Shakespeare always their def1ning characteristic: when a 'holiday-fool' in England 'will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian' (Tempest 2.2.29-33). Shakespeare's plays are filled with reminders of 'famished beggars, weary of their lives'... | |
| William Shakespeare - Fiction - 2002 - 280 pages
...could refer to either one, if Stephano's hand is trembling as he holds out his "bottle" to Caliban. I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There 30 would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit... | |
| Natasha Korda - Drama - 2002 - 304 pages
...when Trinculo observes of his discovery of Caliban, "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. . . . When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead... | |
| Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 216 pages
...once I was) and had but this fish painted; not a holiday-foole there but would giue a peece of siluer: there, would this Monster, make a man: any strange beast there, makes a man: when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. (n, ii, 26-31) Similarly... | |
| William Hone - History - 2003 - 476 pages
...ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor John. Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man. His gabbling voice is to utter FOUL SPEECHES, and to DETRACT. He is as disproportioned in his manners,... | |
| William Shakespeare - Acting - 2003 - 80 pages
...fish-like smell; a kind of not of the newest PoorJohn. A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...there would this monster make a man; any strange beast here makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lazy out ten to... | |
| Catherine M. S. Alexander - 2003 - 504 pages
...ofbeggars is in Shakespeare always their defining characteristic: when a 'holiday-fool' in England 'will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian' (Tempest 2.2.29-33). Shakespeare's plays are filled with reminders of 'famished beggars, weary of their rives'... | |
| Mark Morris, David Stone - English drama - 2003 - 90 pages
...well known in Shakespeare's time but which need some research today. '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...' (lines 25-7) Here, Trinculo imagines himself exhibiting Caliban at a fair as a freak and getting money... | |
| Susan Sontag - Art - 2004 - 146 pages
...Trinculo's first thought upon coming across Caliban is that he could be put on exhibit in England: "not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver . . . When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead... | |
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