Note 85 — Chapter VII

Greville (Journal of Queen Victoria’s Time, vol. i., p. 369) speaks of a dinner at Lady Holland’s—Macaulay being present—when her ladyship, growing tired of the eloquence of Speakers of the House of Commons and Fathers of the Church, said: “Well, Mr. Macaulay, can you tell us anything of dolls—when first named or used?” Macaulay was ready on the instant—dilated upon Roman dolls and others—citing Persius, “Veneri donato a virgine puppæ.”