 | English fiction - 1879 - 612 pages
...without a knapsack. He laughed at her.amazed face. ' " I am but mad north-northwest," ' he said ; ' " when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw," and the wind blows south to-day; how should it not, when Fortune has just given me this sweet little... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...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. ANOTHER SCENE WITH THE SAME. Guil. Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you. Ham. Sir, a whole history.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 724 pages
...unclefather, 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, Guildenstem, — and yoxi too ; —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 586 pages
...There are the players. | . •'/• 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. Tenter POLONIUS. Pol. Well be with you, gentlemen-! , Ham. Hark you, Guildenstern; — and you too;... | |
 | Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 386 pages
...am a proper fellow of my hands. Henry 4, P. 2, ii 2. 153 HAIÎNESS. HANDSAW. A hernshaw ; a heron. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. Hamlet, ii. 2. HANDY-DANDY. A game still played by children. Change places ; and, handy-dandy, wliich... | |
 | Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 390 pages
...I am a proper fellow of my hands. Henry 4, P. 2, ii. 2. 153 HAENESS. HANDSAW. A hernshaw; a heron. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. Hamlet, ii. 2. HANDY-DANDY. A game still played by children. Change places ; and, handy-dandy, which... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 336 pages
...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 hernshaw. Enter POLONIUS. Pol. My lord, I have news to tell you. Ham. My lord, I have news to tell... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...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. ANOTHER SCENE WITH THE SAME. Guil. Good, my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you. Ham. Sir, a whole history.... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - Christianity and literature. - 1996 - 288 pages
...aunt-mother are deceived. Guildenstern: In what, my dear lord? Hamlet: I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. (2.2.400-405) Students of the play have suggested that "handsaw" may be a corruption of "hearnshaw,"... | |
 | James Alan Gardner - Outer space - 1997 - 364 pages
...take me, do you?" he grinned. "I'm not as senile as you might think. 'I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.' Who said that?" "Hamlet?" "Damned right, and aren't you glad I pressured the other admirals into requiring... | |
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I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. 
