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Note 720 — PART III.—Prose (continued 4)

Henri Van Laun translation

In English, a word is wanting to express the French "fantaisie" used by M. Taine, in describing this scene: what in music is called a capriccio. Tennyson calls the "Princess" a medley, but it is ambiguous.—Tr.

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