about 11 o'clock
He told how he 'd been presented at cort by his friend , Mr. Bulwig , and how the Quean had received 'em both , with a dignity undigscribable ; and how her blessid Majisty asked what was the bony fidy sale of the Cabinit Cyclopaedy , and how be -LRB- Doctor Larner -RRB- told her that , on his honner , it was under ten thowsnd . You may guess that the Doctor , when he made this speach , was pretty far gone . The fact is , that whether it was the coronation , or the goodness of the wine -LRB- cappitle it is in our house , I can tell you -RRB- , or the natral propensaties of the gests assembled , which made them so igspecially jolly , I do n't know ; but they had kep up the meating pretty late , and our poar butler was quite tired with the perpechual baskits of clarrit which he 'd been called upon to bring up . So that about 11 o'clock , if I were to say they were merry , I should use a mild term ; if I wer to say they were intawsicated , I should use a nigspresshn more near to the truth , but less rispeckful in one of my situashn . The cumpany reseaved this annountsmint with mute extonishment . `` Pray , Doctor Larnder , '' says a spiteful genlmn , willing to keep up the littery conversation , `` what is the Cabinet Cyclopaedia ? '' `` It 's the littherary wontherr of the wurrld , '' says he ; `` and sure your lordship must have seen it ; the latther numbers ispicially -- cheap as durrt , bound in gleezed calico , six shillings a vollum .