 Hudibras, which I buy not, but borrow to read, to see if it be as good as the first, which the world cried so mightily up, though it hath not a good liking in me, though I had tried but twice or three times reading to bring myself to think it witty.  All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal - Page 4891894Full view - About this book
 | J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 422 pages
...no. " Nov. 28, 1663. To Paul's Church Yard, and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras, which I buy not, but borrow to read, to see if it be as * In 1608, Mr. Pepys meets Butler personally, and thus states it : — " Come Mr. Cooper, Hales, Harris,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...which I buy not, but borrow to read, to sec if it be as good as the lirst, which the world cried но mightily up, though it hath not a good liking in me,...three times reading to bring myself to think it witty. Mr. Pepys at the Theatre. gallant ; and hath the motions and carriage of a spark the most that ever... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...1642. Pepyi, 1663 : "To Paul's Churchyard and there looked over the 2nd part of ' Hudibras,' which I buy not, but borrow to read, to see if it be as...the world cried so mightily up, though it hath not a gqpd liking in me."-— The Mississippi trade begins, 1716. Speak no c\il of the dead. — Chilo. ~"~... | |
 | Fashion - 1849 - 468 pages
...resold his bargain for one-and-sixpence,* and in 1663, "bought not, but borrowed, the second part, to see if it be as good as the first, which the world cried so mightily up, &c.;" — a week afterwards, however, "having gained in his office by his stationers' bill to the king,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...more successful. " To Pau1's Church Yard, and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras — which I buy not, but borrow to read, — to see if it be...it hath not a good liking in me, though I had tried twice or three times reading, to briny myself to think it witty." The following is a ludicrous instance... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...Church Yard, and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras — which I buy not, bin tiorrow lo read, — to see if it be as good as the first, which the world cried ao mightily up; though it hnth nut a good liking in me, though I had tried twice or three times reading,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1875 - 676 pages
...it or no." "Sept. 28. To Paul's church yard and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras, which I buy not but borrow to read, to see if it be as good ив the fii-st, which the world cried so mightily up though it hath not a good. liking in me, though... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1851 - 862 pages
...the 28th of November in this same year, " and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras, which I buy not, but borrow to read, to see if it be as good as the iirst, which the world cried so mightily up, though it hath not a good liking in me, though 1 had tried... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...Yard, and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras—which I buy net, but borrow to read,—to at living body ; and are not only warned, by their own feelings, of any injury which the nut a good liking in me, though I had tried twice or three times reading, to (ring myself to think... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1854 - 508 pages
...denied nor affirmed. To Paul's Church Yard, and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras, which I buy not, but borrow to read, to see if it be as...three times reading to bring myself to think it witty. To-day, for certain, I am told how in Holland publickly they have pictured our King with reproach :... | |
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