...welcome ; but my uncle-father, and aunt-mother, are deceived. G-uil. 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 9. Enter POLONITJS. Pol. Well be with you, gentlemen ! Ham. Hark you, Guildcnstcrn ; and you too ;...

...Egypt, Hamlet says, " My uncle-father and auntmother are deceived." G. " In what, my lord?" Ham. " I am but mad north-north-west : when the wind Is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. " Thomas Capell, editor of the Oxford edition of Shakspeare, changes handsaw to hernshaw, which renders...

...welcome: but my 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.6 Enter POLONTUS. POL. Well be with you, gentlemen ! HAM. Hark you, Guildensteni, — and you...

...are welcome: but my uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived. Gun. In what, my dear lord ? HAM. I am boy of tears ! COB. Ha ! AUF. No more. COR. Measureless liar! thou hast m handsaw.1" Enter POLONITJS. POL. Well be with you, gentlemen ! HAM. Hark you, Guildenstern, — and...

...welcome: but my 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 Landsaw.b Unter POLONIUS. POL. Well bo with you, gentlemen ! HAM. Hark you, Guildenstern, — and you...

...the proverbial expression, introduced by Shakspere into "Hamlet," " I am but mad, north, north-west ; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw." Mary. Did you ever eat a bit of heron ? 46 Habits of the Heron. Edith. No ; I should think not indeed...

...uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived. Guil. In what, my dear lord? Ham. I am but mad north -north- west : her blamed as mine own jealous curiosity,t than as a very Enter POLONIUS. Pol. Well be with you, gentlemen ! Ham. Hark you, Guildenstern ; — and you too ;...

...on the human system, Shakspeare well knew when he made Hamlet say, I am only mad north, north-west, When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. And in confirmation of Shakspeare's truthfulness to nature on this as on most other occasions, we read...

...welcome : But my uncle-father, and aunt-mother, are deceived. 6ml. 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. Enter POLONITTS. Pol. "Well be with you, gentlemen ! Ham. Hark you, Guildenstern ; — and you too...

...— and upon his saying to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in the second scene of the Second Act, I am but mad north-north-west : when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw. These expressions, and his positive denial of madness, in answer to his mother's observation in the...