MADAME, it is no modish thing, The bookman’s tribute that I bring; A talk of antiquaries grey, Dust unto dust this many a day, Gossip of texts and bindings old, Of faded type, and tarnish’d gold! _Can ladies care for this to-do_ _With Payne_, _Derome_, _and Padeloup_? _Can they resign the rout_, _the ball_, _For lonely joys of shelf and stall_?…
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