 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 Modern Dunciad: Virgil in London and Other Poems - Էջ 98George Daniel - 1835 - 342 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - 1775 - 626 էջ
...iilver. There would this monfter matt a man ; any ftrange beaft " there makes a man. When they will no: give a doit to relieve a " lame beggar, they will lay out ten to fee a dead Indian." • Antient Dramatic exhibitions, fo called ; ulually performed by ihe pricfh in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 372 էջ
...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...beggar, they Will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, 6' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion, hold... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 էջ
...note of time which I have obferved in this play, is in Act II. fc. ii : " when they f_the Englifh] will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to fee a dead Indian." This probably alludes to fome recent circumftance with which I am unacquainted.... | |
 | 1817 - 552 էջ
...rogue, who, according to the old saw, had just escaped a watery grave — " 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." We shall just add, that a dollar was the price of admission to the sight, in this country. But what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 էջ
...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...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 3 Make mouths.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 էջ
...That isj make a man's fortune. So, in A Midsummer Night's Dream: " — we are all made men." Johnson. beast there makes a man: when they will not give a...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.2 Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! — Warm, o' my troth! I do now let loose my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 էջ
...man;] That is, make a man's fortune. So, in A Midsummer Night's Dream; " — we are all made men." beast there makes a man : when they will not give...a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.2 Legg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! — Warm, o' my troth! I do now let loose my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 էջ
...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...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... | |
 | 1807 - 788 էջ
...ig a pupil of Mr: 0»vy. * The Sea Voyage, t The Goblins. J " Were I i:i England no\v, as once I " was, and had but this fish painted, not a «• holiday...beggar, they will lay out " ten to see a dead Indian ! " § The perpetual mildness of the climate (the Bermudas) caused them to be called by «n apt alfusion... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 552 էջ
...Mr. Steevens's note in p. '28. Sc. 2. p. 77. THIN. A strange fish ! Were I in England now (as once I was) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. This speech happily ridicules the mania that appears to have always existed among our countrymen for... | |
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