“That reads the story of a woman’s face.”
I can make sense of this passage as little as Mr. Seward;—the passage from
Philaster is nothing to the purpose. Instead of “a story,” I have
sometimes thought of proposing “Astræa.”
_Ib._ Angellina’s speech:—
... “You’re old and dim, Sir,
And the shadow of the earth eclips’d your judgment.”
Inappropriate to Angellina, but one of the finest lines in our language.