The wrimouth'd Crittick... That mewes, and puh's and shakes his brainelesse head...

The speculative drawings of architects raise the possibility that all architectural drawings, rather than representing a future building, are confabulist pre-enactments—that is, they tell the story of a world that may be, that could be, that might or even ought to be; but is not, and will never be.

The proof uses higher notions of chordality.

By means of a device, known as a kaleidograph, the patterns thus formed may be thrown on a screen or a glass.