...for our national curiosity — not a bad trait in our character when under proper direction : — " When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." — Tempest, Act ii. scene '2. render him due honour ; and they therefore employed him as a supporter...

...here ? a man or a fish ? Dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. A...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o' my troth ! I do now let loose my opinion, hold...

...Shakspeare's Tempest) mistakes Caliban for 'a strange fish,' he at once exclaims : ' 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.' This love of the English populace for strange sights is frequently alluded to by other writers of the...

...Trinculo, upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims — " A strange fish ! were I in England now (as T once was,^ and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." t A German count and a gamester are synonymous terms. — George Selwyn, being haughtily commanded...

...Trinculo, upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims — " A strange fish ! were I in England now (as I once was,^ and had but this fish painted, not a holiday...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." t A German count and a gamester are synonymous terms. — George Selwyn, being haughtily commanded...

...upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims—" A strange fish! were I in England 1 now (as I once was.J and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." All who for wit or want their country leave, Kind, we invite; and grateful, we receive ; Thus cramm'd—impos'd...

...Were I in England now, (as once I was), And had but this fish painted, Not a holiday fool there hut would Give a piece of silver : there would this monster...beggar, they will lay out ten To see a dead Indian." " Qui credit Stultus stultum vult, ut sit sui similis."* " Et nati natorum et qui nascentur ab illis."f...

...England now, fas once I was,) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday-fool there but would wive her tell *ne, When I, that censure him, * Sir, he...Bo it as your wisdom will. Ang. Where is the prov sec a dead Indian. Lcgg'd like a man ! and his fins like arms ! Warm, o* my troth ! J do now let loose...

...instance, he has held up to scorn the first of these foibles in an admirable strain of sarcasm: — "A strange fish! Were I in England now (as once I...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian ;" (act ii. sc. 2) a passage which Mr. Douce has very appositely illustrated by a quotation from Batman....

...in England now, as ot,cel was, and had this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give me a piece of silver. There would this monster make a...beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian." ' Indeed, we may observe that a cow with two heads, a pig with six legs, or any other unnatural production,...