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Arabesques and Grotesques have now so long prevailed in decoration, that we have ceased to criticize them on principle, and accept them gratefully, in proportion to the gay fancy and reticent genius of the designer.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

He names the poem Grotesques; and it comes among the verses called Eaux-Fortes, dedicated to François Coppée.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper

Grotesques are born out of eggs as out of people.

From Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories by Anderson, Sherwood

The models of Boucher, and the Grotesques of Italian Renaissance drawing are given even now to the weavers as a training in both taste and skill.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.