seven o'clock
Hol . Novi hominem tanquam te -- his humour is lofty , his discourse peremptory , his tongue filed , his eye ambitious , his gait majestical , and his general behaviour vain , ridiculous , and thrasonical . -- Shakspeare . I went a little after seven o'clock to keep my dinner engagement at -- 's ; for very young men are seldom unpunctual at dinner . We sat down , six in number , to a repast at once incredibly bad , and ridiculously extravagant ; turtle without fat -- venison without flavour -- champagne with the taste of a gooseberry , and hock with the properties of a pomegranate . -LSB- Note : Pomum valde purgatorium . -RSB- Such is the constant habit of young men : they think any thing expensive is necessarily good , and they purchase poison at a dearer rate than the most medicine-loving hypochondriac in England .