eleven o’clock
I had taken the precaution of looking at them , when we first entered the room . _ The Guardian _ ; _ The Tatler _ ; Richardson 's _ Pamela _ ; Mackenzie 's _ Man of Feeling _ ; Roscoe 's _ Lorenzo de ' Medici _ ; and Robertson 's _ Charles the Fifth _ -- all classical works ; all -LRB- of course -RRB- immeasurably superior to anything produced in later times ; and all -LRB- from my present point of view -RRB- possessing the one great merit of enchaining nobody 's interest , and exciting nobody 's brain . I left Mr. Blake to the composing influence of Standard Literature , and occupied myself in making this entry in my journal . My watch informs me that it is close on eleven o'clock . I must shut up these leaves once more . Two o'clock A.M. -- The experiment has been tried . With what result , I am now to describe .