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 something like the fleeting image of a doll does not cross the field of your imagination:

Is not something of the same kind found in the following sally of Figaro's (though here an attempt is perhaps made to suggest the image of an animal rather than that of a thing): "Quel homme est-ce ? — C'est un beau, gros, court, jeune vieillard, gris pommelé, rusé, rasé, blasé qui guette et furette, et gronde et geint tout a la fois."

Now, between these coarse scenes and these subtle suggestions there is room for a countless