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March 14, 2014

Very like a whale...

Very much like a whale..."Whale" by William Daniell, 1807. From Whaling Museum Kendall Collection.

Act 3, Scene 2, Page 17

Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?

Polonius: By th' Mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed.

Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel.

Polonius: It is backed like a weasel.

Hamlet: Or like a whale.

Polonius: Very like a whale.

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