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Definition of Marionettes
1. marionette [n] - See also: marionette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marionettes
Literary usage of Marionettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Drama and the Stage by Ludwig Lewisohn (1922)
"Marionettes * TOWARD the close of the nineteenth century children and simple ...
In windy summers or russet autumns Italians displayed their marionettes in ..."
2. The Tony Sarg Marionette Book by Frederick John MacIsaac (1921)
"Here sits the artist, himself, at his littered drawing board, while the second
floor rear is devoted to the paraphernalia of the marionettes. ..."
3. Folk Festivals: Their Growth and how to Give Them by Mary Master Needham (1912)
"Indeed, Anatole France says that he loves marionettes; they have nai've ...
The marionettes of M. Sig- noret were perhaps the most perfected ones in the ..."
4. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1918)
"144 Tony Sarg's Marionettes, by Hamilton Williamson . . . ' . . .151 Five Settings
by J. Blanding Sloan 155 The Scenic Art of J. Blanding Sloan, ..."
5. The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science by James Burnley (1886)
"Puppets—Marionettes and Automata — Marvels of the Middle Ages— Albert Magnus ...
Puppets, or marionettes, were patronised both by the Greeks and the Romans ..."
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