"_To try and get_" (Vol. ix., p. 76.).--UNEDA inquires the origin of this
erroneous mode of expression? Doubtless euphony, to avoid the alliteration
of so many T's: "_t_o _t_he _t_heatre _t_o _t_ry and get," &c. But
evidently the word _to_ is understood, though not supplied after the word
_and_. Thus, "to try and (to) get," &c.