...! and yet to me what is this quintessence of dust F — Id. Hamlet. I am but mad north-north-west ; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. — Id. Samlet. Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,...

...uncle-father and auntmother are deceived. Guil. In what, my dear lord ? Ham. I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. 4 1 Carry it away.] Bear away the palm, gain the day. 2 Hercules, &e.] The allusion is to Shakspearc's...

...allusions to it. Hamlet, for instance, quotes the well known proverb, "I am but mad north-northwest; when the wind "is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw,"^ (heronshaw.) Again, in the scene where Romeo has just left his lady love, Juliet calls him back. O,...

...uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived. Gruil. In what, my dear lord ? Ham. I am but mad north-north-west : when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. Enter POLONIDS. Pol. Well be with you, gentlemen ! Ham. Hark you, Guildenstern ; — and you too ;...

...one end of the country to the other, Sherman might say with Hamlet: " I am but mad, North, Northwest, when the wind is Southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw." He resigned his commission in 1853, aud entered the banking firm of Lucas, Turner & Co., in San Francisco....

...inspiration. Such will no doubt persist in believing him when he says, " I am but mad north-northwest; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw." Those, however, who are familiar with the halls of an asylum for the insane, and have repeatedly heard...

...uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived. Guil. In what, my dear lord ? Ham. I am but mad north-north-west : when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw. Seenter POLONICS. Pol. My lord, the queen would speak with you, and presently. Ham. Do you see yonder...

...one end of the country to the other, Sherman might say with Hamlet: " I am but mad, North, Northwest, when the wind is Southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw." He resigned his commission in 1853, aud entered the banking firm of Lucas, Turner & Co., in San Fram-isco....

...surprising that this bird is not more often mentioned. Hamlet says : "I am but mad north north-west: when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw" Hamlet, Act ii. Scene 2. An old proverbial saying, originally " he does not know a hawk from a hernshaw"...

...uncle-father, and aunt-mother, are deceived. GUIL. In what, my dear lord ? HAM. I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. Enter POLONIUS. POL. Well be with you, gentlemen ! HAM. Hark you, Guildenstern, — and you too; —...