...marshal him to knavery: For 'tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar; and't shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines And blow them at the moon. (III.iv.2o6-9) Afterwards he excuses himself to Horatio: Hamlet 69 Why, man, they did make love to...

..."Coriolano Paparazzo." petard For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar, ant shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines, And blow them at the moon. O, 'tis most sweet When in one line two crafts directly meet. — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, (Act 3, Scene...

...by which one meant to destroy others. Interestingly, the next line of Hamlet's speech, "and it shall go hard, but I will delve one yard below their mines and blow them at the moon." Is the reader ahead of the author in recognizing the reference to counter-mining? A "flash in the pan"...

...of outwitting Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as early as the "closet" scene, when he told his mother: "I will delve one yard below their mines and blow them at the moon" (III.iv.2 10-1 1 ), and when he had indeed outwitted them he gloated over it (V.ii.57-62). Augustine...

...says: Let it work, For 'tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petard, and 't shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines And blow them at the moon. (Ham., 3.4.206-10) It is instructive that it is Hamlet who utters these words about the ironies of...

...bones might be placed far out of the reach of the chirurgical fraternity. -Gentleman's Magazine (1783) But I will delve one yard below their mines, And blow them at the moon -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet On my mother's head I swore, Dr Hunter, you would not have my bones, paid...