Maids of Honour, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Court of George I (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Maids of Honour, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Court of George I

Where the figures showed handsome returns, the eyes of the bookseller seemed to expand with the excess of his admiration. The names on the top of each page were such as Jacob delighted to honour. They belonged to men against whom not a word could be said; they formed the libro d'oro in use at the sign of the Shakspeare's Head over against Catherine Street in the Strand.

The invitations were at last sent out, and J acoh Tonson in the fullness of his satisfaction at the goodness of the deed he had determined on, opened his heart to one or two of his best cus tomers whilst, as usual, they were gossiping with him in the shop respecting books and their authors. Whether he succeeded in all instances in impressing upon these persons a full sense of his extreme amiability, has not been ascertained.

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