Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging and quartering of the queen's leech Lopez, his jew's heart being plucked forth while the sheeny was yet alive: Hamlet and Macbeth with the coming to the throne of a Scotch Philosophaster with a turn for witchroasting.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
What do you say to that, Philosophaster?
"The Reign of Greed Complete English Version of 'El Filibusterismo'"
Jose Rizal
In an instant every Goth had followed his example: more than one following it up by dashing a bracelet or necklace into the face of some hapless Philosophaster.
"Hypatia or, New Foes with an Old Face"
Charles Kingsley