It has been claimed that insanity will account for it, and indeed Hamlet's treatment of Ophelia has been the chief argument advanced in proof of his insanity; but it is incredible that Shakespeare should have devoted the only two interviews which he had with her, and which had so important an influence upon her life, to the mere vaporings of a madman.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
Many were the words of force and wisdom that Miss Martell had read and heard, but never had any made so profound an impression upon her as the vain vaporings of De Forrest, as he insisted on claiming all the credit he could for his action the evening before.
"From Jest to Earnest"
E. P. Roe
Naturally he regarded Beverley's words as the merest vaporings of a helpless and exasperated young man.
"Alice of Old Vincennes"
Maurice Thompson