Chapter 45

"A finer form, a fairer face, Had never marble Nymph or Grace, That boasts the Grecian chisel's trace;" and in 359 below, "a stranger tongue." 353. Measured mood. The formal manner required by court etiquette. 360. Dear. This is the reading of the 1st ed. and almost every other that we have seen. We are inclined, however, to believe that Scott wrote "clear." The facsimiles of his handwriting show that his d's and cl's might easily be confounded by a compositor. 363. Snood. The fillet or ribbon with which …