"Marionette" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... father's. His hand is simply made a cat's-paw of. The matter is entirely a business transaction, entered into by the parent and conducted through regular marriage brokers. In it he plays only the part of a marionette. His revenge for being thus bartered out of what might be the better half of his life, he takes eventually on the next ...
— The Soul of the Far East • Percival Lowell
... most horrible fate that could befall a monkey on the stage, to be a helpless marionette, compelled by unseen sticks and wires, poked and jerked by concealed men, to move and act throughout ...
— Michael, Brother of Jerry • Jack London
... scheme. image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile. figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet^, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet^, marionette, fantoccini^, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette. ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram. map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626. ichnography^, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view &c (painting) ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget |
