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CHAPTER IX

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GROTESQUE FACES AND FIGURES--PREVALENCE OF THE TASTE FOR UGLY AND GROTESQUE FACES--SOME OF THE POPULAR FORMS DERIVED FROM ANTIQUITY: THE TONGUE LOLLING OUT, AND THE DISTORTED MOUTH--HORRIBLE SUBJECTS: THE MAN AND THE SERPENTS--ALLEGORICAL FIGURES: GLUTTONY AND LUXURY--OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OF CLERICAL GLUTTONY AND DRUNKENNESS--GROTESQUE FIGURES OF INDIVIDUALS, AND GROTESQUE GROUPS--ORNAMENTS OF THE BORDERS OF BOOKS--UNINTENTIONAL CARICATURE; THE MOTE AND THE BEAM 144

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