I own I never could envy _Didius_ in these kinds of fancies of his: --But every man to his own taste. --Did not Dr. _Kunastrokius_, that great man, at his leisure hours, take the greatest delight imaginable in combing of asses tails, and plucking the dead hairs out with his teeth, though he had tweezers always in his pocket? Nay, if you come to that, Sir, have not the wisest of men in all ages, not excepting _Solomon_ himself, --have they not had their HOBBY-HORSES; --their running horses, --their coins and their cockle-shells, their drums and their trumpets, their fiddles, their pallets, --their maggots and their butterflies? --and so long as a man rides his HOBBY-HORSE peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him, --pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?
I own I never could envy Didius his fancies. But every man to his own taste. Did not Dr. Kunastrokius, that great man, at his leisure hours, take the greatest delight in combing asses' tails, and plucking the dead hairs out with his teeth?
Nay, Sir, have not the wisest men in all ages, even Solomon himself - have they not had their Hobby-Horses; - for example, their race-horses, their coins and cockle-shells, their drums and trumpets, their fiddles, their palettes, their maggots and their butterflies? So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably along the King's highway, and compels neither you nor me to get up behind him - pray, Sir, what have you or I to do with it?