fantoccini

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The fantoccini did credit to their machinist, who was skilful at pulling of wires.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

It happened that he went with sir Joshua Reynolds and Goldsmith, to see the fantoccini, which were exhibited, some years ago, in or near the Haymarket.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

Some scenes, written under the high pressure of dramatic œstrum, stir tears by their poignancy, by the accents of grief and anguish on the lips of fantoccini.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

Who ever knew the men of the republic shout like so many Italian fantoccini pulled by wires!

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

Sharp unexpected touches evoke humanity in the fantoccini of his wayward art.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes