This man, of the name of Texeira, was of low birth; but, by various acts of a doubtful nature, had ingratiated himself into his sovereign's favour; presuming on which, he frequently behaved in an impertinent manner towards the nobles of the Court, who, ill-Brooking such behaviour, bore a determined hatred towards him.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
In a verse of seauen, either vpon the fourth or none at all, the meeter very ill Brooking any pause.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
The older sister knew that beneath that surface reserve was a passionate nature, Brooking no restraint when once it overleaped the bounds of her Puritan self-control.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903"
Lucy Maud Montgomery