| 单词 | waxwork |
| 例句 | This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Hugo and I caught each other's eye and for one moment we were alone in a roomful of waxworks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He wanted to take me to the waxworks, the flower clock, the Maid of the Mist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, photographs faked. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They were like the most wonderful waxworks you ever saw. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z It was a museum used for propaganda displays of various kinds—scale models of rocket bombs and Floating Fortresses, waxwork tableaux illustrating enemy atrocities, and the like. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z After a minute poised like a waxwork, Brother Louis lowered his shaking hands to Mrs. Coulter’s neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The couple’s waxworks will be accessible to the public the day before their wedding. Her Royal Likeness - Meghan Markle waxwork unveiled before wedding 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z It is one of the least realistic artifacts in the entire place, second only to the waxwork of Robert Pattinson, the “Twilight” actor, which looks more like Jean-Ralphio Saperstein from “Parks and Recreation.” The Politics of Waxing 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z He plays Bavarian bar games with the German forward Thomas Müller, turns the Welsh winger Gareth Bale into a waxwork and shoots a perfume ad with the Colombian striker Radamel Falcao. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Brockmire’ and ‘Iron Chef Gauntlet’ 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Princess Diana is treated with great respect: the Versace gown she donated rarely needs dry-cleaning, unlike the oldest waxwork in the exhibition, Sleeping Beauty, aka Louis XV's mistress Madame du Barry. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z Modern trends may be working in Madame Tussauds' favour: as celebrities turn ever more plasticky with their botox and botched surgery, so the waxworks look ever more real. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z Don’t expect luxurious trappings here; this isn’t the usual screen waxworks with meticulous details but few ideas. ‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Review: A Collective Approach to Joy 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z He's maybe got moves like Jagger's waxwork at Madame Tussaud's. The Darkness's Justin Hawkins: 'Contrary to expectations, you'd never catch me dogging' 2012-08-23T19:30:00Z The waxwork figures of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her family were festively decorated with kitsch Christmas jumpers on Tuesday to help raise awareness of a children's charity appeal. By royal command, British waxworks get Christmas makeover 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z No, these voters were hoping for their date with a waxwork to lead somewhere. Which celeb would you go for – charming George or a real prince? 2013-02-17T00:05:52Z But despite this twist the piece seems in total little more than an expert, unusually conceptual waxwork. Art Review | 'Skin Fruit': Anti-Mainstream Museum?s Mainstream Show 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z Madame Tussauds parades his waxwork through the streets of New York in a veneer-white, top-down convertible. The Politics of Waxing 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z As I did, I kept flashing on “Sunset Boulevard,” Billy Wilder’s grim 1950 satire about another studio writer adrift in the waxworks. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z And then, to make matters worse, they notice people saluting next to Hitler's waxwork. We've always found Hitler hilarious ? the alternative is much more odious 2011-08-27T23:06:06Z Marisa Carnesky's Dystopian Wonders considers waxworks and religious cults from next Wednesday, and Compagnie XY is in the main house with Le Grand C, which I'm going to see on Sunday evening. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-04-16T14:56:00Z Or does he think Madame Tussauds should ban a specific arm gesture when people are standing next to the Hitler waxwork? We've always found Hitler hilarious ? the alternative is much more odious 2011-08-27T23:06:06Z “I think I’ve just discovered that I find waxworks quite disturbing,” said Ms. Welch, 24, eyeballing the frozen visage of Marilyn Monroe at the entrance. | Florence Welch: Florence Welch Gets Real Among the Wax 2010-05-21T23:16:00Z His best waxworks photographs are pictures of sculptures of historical figures based on photos of people posing to look like paintings or photos of those figures. Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Jekyll and Hyde Year 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z They moved to Paris and she created figures for a waxwork exhibition, narrowly escaped the guillotine in the French Revolution, and ended up making death masks of guillotine victims. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z Between 1939 and 1961, several of Epstein's greatest stone carvings, including Adam and Jacob and the Angel, were shown at Louis Tussaud's waxworks on Blackpool pleasure beach as titillating modern art freaks. Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z Some of the most striking of Mr. Connors’s photographs are portraits of North Koreans: three schoolgirls as frozen as waxworks, one young man affectionately touching another at a public swimming pool. What’s New in Photography? Humanism, MoMA Says 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Tussaud inherited Curtius's models and her travelling exhibition of waxworks became the touring newspaper of the day, providing vivid impressions of contemporary events, particularly the revolution, in a time before photographs. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z So naturally “Flights” is full of fascinating excursions to dusty waxwork museums and laboratories where flayed bodies and anomalous human life-forms are on display. Olga Tokarczuk’s Book ‘Flights’ Is Taking Off 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday ahead of the museum's opening later this year in the Indian capital of New Delhi. Madame Tussauds unveils Amitabh Bachchan waxwork for Delhi opening 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Eckl, with sunglasses covering his eyes, posed for photographers and fans with the waxwork of Sheeran, which was dressed in a blue checked shirt and featured some of the singer’s arms tattoos plus a guitar. Two Eds better than one: Two Ed Sheerans seen in Berlin but real Ed... 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Danielle W: It looks like one of those unintentionally hilarious waxwork dummies. Duchess of Cambridge portrait: Guardian readers react 2013-01-11T12:20:00Z And like Ms. Mantel, he writes historical novels that are not just pastiche or painstaking waxworks re-creations, but books that make the past seem oddly contemporary. Books of The Times: ‘Pure,’ a New Novel by Andrew Miller 2012-07-03T21:48:27Z Tussauds has always been 3D and its waxworks are now thoroughly, irreverently interactive. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z The comings and goings of celebrity waxworks deliciously mirror the fickle wax and wane of fame. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z But weird and skewed, like waxworks after a fire, though this electorate may be, Clooney isn't a surprising winner. Which celeb would you go for – charming George or a real prince? 2013-02-17T00:05:52Z Some characters appear under slight corruptions of their real names, like Ivunka and Jored, who “looked like his own Madame Tussauds waxwork.” Review | Christopher Buckley’s ‘Make Russia Great Again’ is the Trump satire we’ve been waiting for 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z However, he made the mistake of making it look like a haunted waxwork. 'It looks like a haunted waxwork': The Great British Bake Off bust cakes – ranked! 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z And the downsides to dating a handsome film star, which in the case of some of them must be manifold, aren't obvious from a waxwork. Which celeb would you go for – charming George or a real prince? 2013-02-17T00:05:52Z The waxworks of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry were also dressed in Christmas tops and will be on display throughout December. By royal command, British waxworks get Christmas makeover 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Later this year he will be seen alongside Ben Stiller in the third Night at the Museum film, once again playing a waxwork dummy of Roosevelt who magically comes to life. Obituary: Robin Williams 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The Beatles waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London – 'one of the few places where a slow-burning fire would be welcome'. Where not to spend your bank holiday: a guide to Britain's worst days out 2011-08-20T23:06:23Z "It's pretty incredible to see," said the 17-year-old, before joking about how small the waxwork was. Pop sensation Justin Bieber meets wax double 2011-03-15T23:49:50Z Attired in Toni-Leslie James’s journalistically exact costumes, they look like cartoon waxworks of the real people they portray. Review: In ‘First Daughter Suite’: Unelected but Still Under a Microscope 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z When Smith's widow planned to sell it to a waxworks museum, Prince Albert instead bought it for £150, and presented it in 1845 to the Royal Hospital in Greenwich. Nelson engages the French again as uniform goes on show in Paris 2013-03-27T16:43:00Z The world's most famous collection of wickless candles announced: "We proactively encourage our visitors to interact with the waxworks should they so choose." We've always found Hitler hilarious ? the alternative is much more odious 2011-08-27T23:06:06Z The theory that ugly folk make better waxworks may be disproved by the unconvincing Wayne Rooney. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z There amid the waxworks, Herman plays the court jester, as a few intimates unkindly note. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z I don't know whether Tiger Woods was an available option though – there may not be a waxwork of him on display at the moment. Which celeb would you go for – charming George or a real prince? 2013-02-17T00:05:52Z And melting into asymmetry, like a waxwork in a fire. Review: Wrestling With a Master in ‘On Beckett’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Photographers and TV crews jostled for position Wednesday as the museum unveiled waxwork figures of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge. Even set in wax, UK young royals still fascinate 2012-04-04T11:52:12Z The ubiquity of Madame Tussauds, found everywhere from Bangkok to Berlin, may reflect the globalisation of Hollywood but each city gets the waxworks it deserves. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z Earlier this week a waxwork of the singer was unveiled at Madame Tussauds museum in Hollywood. Selena Gomez cancels Australia shows 2013-12-20T11:58:27Z It's because it defends tourists' right to stand beside a waxwork of Adolf Hitler doing Nazi salutes. We've always found Hitler hilarious ? the alternative is much more odious 2011-08-27T23:06:06Z For us, the Age of Discovery is long gone and, for the most part, so are old-fashioned historical epics, other than the occasional Chinese extravaganza or one of those international waxworks with clashing accents. Review: Hearts of Darkness and Light in ‘The Lost City of Z’ 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z He strikes me as very different from George Clooney – both in waxwork form and in likely subsequent behaviour should their statues magically come to life. Which celeb would you go for – charming George or a real prince? 2013-02-17T00:05:52Z The couple actually photographed two young tourists heil-Hitlering next to the waxwork and one of them is doing the moustache with her other hand. We've always found Hitler hilarious ? the alternative is much more odious 2011-08-27T23:06:06Z This film explores the physical and psychological effects of some of the most popular procedures, including Botox, hair transplant and breast enlargement, any combination of which makes the victim resemble an amateur waxwork. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 26-30 November 2012-11-26T07:00:00Z Amiable and reliable, he nonetheless walked through his part like a waxwork on casters, like Bond embalmed, and left most of the heavy work to stunt doubles. The James Bond Films at 50: A Golden Franchise for the Ages 2012-10-05T12:00:58Z Grumpy Cat, the internet's most famous scowling feline, not only unveiled a waxwork of herself this weekend, but also joined the cast of Broadway musical "Cats" to close out the show with some added "meow." Grumpy Cat immortalized in wax, makes Broadway debut 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z We spoke to Ebenstein from her home in Brooklyn, just a stone’s throw away from the Morbid Anatomy Museum and its current collection of 19th century anatomical waxworks—including more than a few Venuses. Resurrecting the Anatomical Venus: Death, sex and ecstasy intersect in 18th-century dissectible wax women 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z In comparison, the recaptured Americana here sometimes feels too much like waxwork. Schemes of Mules and Men Propel ‘The Midnight Cool’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Merlin, which operates attractions such as London’s Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, said the new Legoland was planned to open in 2020 and would welcome customers between April and November. Britain's Merlin to open $350 million Legoland in New York state 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z In Dr. Bloom’s book, she explores the cultural phenomenon of waxworks through art, film and literature. The Politics of Waxing 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z A waxwork of Donald Trump was unveiled on Wednesday amid tight security at Madame Tussauds museum after protests at a similar ceremony in Spain earlier this week. Tight security as Madame Tussaud's unveils UK waxwork of Trump 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “The left-hand side of James’s face had collapsed, a balloon with the air gone out of it, a melted waxwork,” giving the unsettling “impression of two different faces, two different people, welded savagely together.” In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Here the commissioners — a stolid, middle-aged man and his young wife — stand behind the divine group as if beholding a waxworks tableau. Art Review: ‘Bellini, Titian and Lotto’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-07-05T21:59:59Z Merlin, which operates attractions such as London’s Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, said the new Legoland was planned to open in 2020 and would welcome customers between April and November. Britain's Merlin to open $350 million Legoland in New York state 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z According to Edwards, every unwanted waxwork is archived in a warehouse in Acton, west London – a fabulously creepy place that is off limits to the media. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z He visited circuses and melodrama houses; his periodical writings covered vents and "grimacers", waxworks, freak shows, actors, gaslight fairies and clowns. Charles Dickens the dramatist: why it should've been an actor's life for Boz 2012-02-08T16:53:08Z “Farewell, My Queen” has none of the mustiness or preciosity that can turn costume dramas into waxworks. Movie Review: ‘Farewell, My Queen,’ Set at Versailles 2012-07-12T21:53:22Z Later, they smeared cake on a Madame Tussauds waxwork of King Charles. Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Moore concluded his tweet storm with a picture of himself with an arm round a waxwork of Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and two pictures of a theatre audience. 'Not at all presidential': Trump swipe at Michael Moore provokes Twitter tirade 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z That in turn inspired a Halloween movie Night of the Daniels - in which the waxworks of Daniel in the museum come to life and terrorise the town. Daniel O'Donnell: My music is 'not everyone's cup of tea' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z A French museum is working urgently to fix a waxwork of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson after he complained about it. The Rock waxwork museum working on 'urgent' skin tone fix 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z They were clothed in imitation robes and regalia: waxwork monarchs in paste jewels, masters of all they surveyed. Perspective | In 1911, Americans got excited about another coronation: George V’s 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Two Just Stop Oil protesters must pay Madame Tussauds £3,500 in compensation after slapping vegan chocolate cakes in the face of a waxwork of the King. Just Stop Oil protestors convicted of attacking King waxwork 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Activists appear to have thrown cake into the face of King Charles's waxwork at London's Madame Tussauds. Madame Tussauds: Protestors throw custard pie on King Charles waxwork 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Activists appear to have thrown custard pies into the face of King Charles's waxwork at London's Madame Tussauds. Protestors throw pies on King Charles waxwork 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Museum director Yves Delhommeau told the AFP news agency his staff planned to work "all night" to bring the waxwork in line with "fans' expectations". The Rock waxwork museum working on 'urgent' skin tone fix 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The haunting figure, his flesh a sallow yellow as if a waxwork, lies surrounded by brown fallen leaves. Feet tied and bullet to the head: A killing in Ukraine's Bucha 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z His waxwork needed to be cleaned and repainted, while its jacket, shirt and bow tie had to be dry-cleaned. Just Stop Oil protestors convicted of attacking King waxwork 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z His relentless form has delivered countless individual honours and harnessed a reputation so strong he even has his own waxwork at Madame Tussauds. Klopp hopes Diaz follows 'outstanding' Salah 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z From Madame Tussauds' 24th waxwork figure of the Queen, to the Squid Game inspired sets of acrylic nail, here's a look at some of the stories you may have missed this week. ICYMI: A waxwork Queen and a Squid Game manicure 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z This week saw mannequins of Little Mix unveiled at Madame Tussauds waxworks in central London. Dave's new album has biggest opening week of 2021 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z She became part of her family's travelling amusement business, living in caravans while managing attractions including a circus, funfair and waxworks. Ma Copley: How a woman came to be Belfast's biggest boxing promoter 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z He added: "Putting a custard pie on a waxwork model of King Charles is not going to convince anyone about climate change, it is a totally trivial action." Just Stop Oil protestors convicted of attacking King waxwork 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “We here at Madame Tussauds Berlin removed Donald Trump’s waxwork as a preparatory measure.” Madame Tussauds in Berlin dumps Trump before U.S. election 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The situation got worse when West placed a nude waxwork of Swift in the song's video. Taylor Swift and Kanye West's phone call leaks 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Despite all these credentials, my waxwork search was proving fruitless. Why Anneka Rice got the urge to find waxwork head 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z At a receptionist’s desk outside her understated office in New York’s art deco Rockefeller Center sits a decaying lifesize waxwork of the former Republican president Dwight Eisenhower. Rachel Maddow on her critics: ‘Your hatred makes me stronger. Come on! Give me more!’ 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z So it seems that footballers’ waxworks are quite a big thing... Transfer news, FA Cup fourth round and more: football countdown – live! 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z After interrupting her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Awards, he taunted her in song, and put a naked waxwork of her in one of his music videos. Scooter Braun breaks his silence on Taylor Swift 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Haworth constructed the figures on the cover like a stage set with full-size models she made, as well as waxworks borrowed from Madame Tussauds. With a little help from her friends: Sgt Pepper artist’s all-female version 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z There was Bob Newhart, irascibly insisting to Ben Stiller that he was not a waxworks. Review: Host-less Emmys are saved by winners keeping it real. Thank Michelle, Patricia, Billy 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The waxwork went on display on 22 August to mark the 18th anniversary of her death. Don't add make-up to Aaliyah waxwork, says family 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Just a few years before the arrival of practical photography, an extra sixpence allowed visitors to the waxworks museum to see a gallery of infamous killers at close quarters, 14 of whom were “murderesses”. From Clytemnestra to Villanelle: why are we fascinated by women who kill? 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z In 2006 Prince Charles won a privacy claim against the Mail on Sunday over a leaked journal in which he described Chinese leaders at the handover of Hong Kong in 1997 as “appalling old waxworks”. Prince Harry paid damages over pictures of his Oxfordshire home 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Either way, people weren't seeing a lot of Daenerys in the waxwork. Daenerys waxwork confuses Game of Thrones fans 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z One if these sits opposite London’s Madame Tussaud’s waxworks. How clean air transformed American cities 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The British critic wrote that the photographer “can even see the human in Trump. His portrait is like a waxwork image of a powerful man, glaring enigmatically at the camera.” An artist famed for using his own urine just bought Trump’s wedding cake. His plans are a mystery. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The conservative Gulf kingdom also hopes to open a waxworks museum and host the superstar rapper Jay Z. Saudi Arabia to host 'bull run' 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z But to enjoy the novel, a reader does not need an existing investment in Tussaud or waxworks, any more than responding to Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” relies on a burning interest in Thomas Cromwell. The slightly twisted vision of Edward Carey and his imagined Madame Tussaud 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Here's a look at the waxwork from another angle. Daenerys waxwork confuses Game of Thrones fans 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Women will receive vouchers accepted by the town's Pleasure Beach theme park, many high street shops and the Madame Tussauds waxworks. Theme park offer for smoking mums-to-be 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z At the end is Carey, sitting like a waxwork on her throne. ‘I bathe in milk': Mariah Carey on bossiness, breakups and being bipolar 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The waxworks will first be displayed to the public on the day before the wedding, May 18. Meghan Markle waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z “Why would you do that? I was fascinated with the waxworks, and with the obsession of some people; there are still enormous queues.” The slightly twisted vision of Edward Carey and his imagined Madame Tussaud 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The museum revealed their Daenerys waxwork two episodes into the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. Daenerys waxwork confuses Game of Thrones fans 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, he turned up in Manhattan, at Madame Tussauds, the tourist-friendly waxworks temple, where he had been enlisted to help unveil the likeness of a former White House colleague: the first lady, Melania Trump. Sean Spicer Unveils a Wax Melania, and Says Little More Than She Does 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The figurine of the first lady was unveiled on Wednesday, and stands next to a waxwork of her husband, Donald Trump. Melania Trump waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds by Sean Spicer 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Normally when celebrities pose next to their waxwork, you find it really difficult to tell which one is which. Worst celeb waxworks: Beyonc-yay or nay? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z But despite his waxworks appearance, pre-Weinsteinian penchant for priapic innuendo and lingering criminal trials, Mr. Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, is no longer the joke of European politics. Berlusconi Is Back. Again. This Time, as ‘Nonno’ to the Nation. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Warli, the museum's marketing officer, who goes by one name, defended the waxwork to the Associated Press. This museum didn’t think its Hitler statue was a problem — until the complaints started. 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z Human Rights Watch’s Indonesia researcher, Andreas Harsono, said the waxwork and its concentration camp backdrop was “sickening” and a reflection that anti-Jewish sentiment in Indonesia is more widespread than generally appreciated. Indonesia selfie museum stirs outrage with Nazi display 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z There is an interactive element, too: Tussauds have invited visitors to “Give Melania a voice” by tweeting from a social media station next to her waxwork. Melania Trump waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds by Sean Spicer 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Not in this case though - the New York Madame Tussauds didn't quite get the memo about making a Taylor Swift waxwork actually look similar to her. Worst celeb waxworks: Beyonc-yay or nay? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z A team of sculptors typically spend 170 hours moulding a waxwork before hair and make-up are applied. Madame Tussauds announces Theresa May waxwork - BBC News 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z In a diary he kept during his time in Hong Kong that was later leaked, he referred to the Chinese leadership as a “group of appalling old waxworks”. Hong Kong: the 20th anniversary of the handover – Q&A 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s a scene that plays out every day at a waxwork and visual effects museum in Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city better known for its universities, Javanese culture and as the seat of a historic sultanate. Indonesia selfie museum stirs outrage with Nazi display 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z It expects more tourists to visit its British sites such as the Madame Tussauds waxworks museum and the London Eye observation wheel this year. Brexit makes campsites cool again as Britons tighten belts 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z So to mark such an accolade she was rewarded with this terrifying waxwork in the Las Vegas Madame Tussauds. Worst celeb waxworks: Beyonc-yay or nay? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Prime Minister Theresa May is to get her own waxwork at Madame Tussauds. Madame Tussauds announces Theresa May waxwork - BBC News 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Here is a look at how some of his waxwork predecessors fared. What happens to waxworks of former US presidents? - BBC News 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The waxwork portrays Hitler as an imposing and dominant figure, a far cry from the drug-addled physical wreck who committed suicide on April 30, 1945, as Russian forces overwhelmed the German capital, Berlin. Indonesia selfie museum stirs outrage with Nazi display 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr Trump's doppelganger replaces Barack Obama's waxwork in the set and joins various other world leaders at the attraction, including Vladimir Putin and Nelson Mandela. Donald Trump's waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds - BBC News 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z She's got some competition though - here's a selection of our favourite terrible celebrity waxworks. Worst celeb waxworks: Beyonc-yay or nay? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Security guards report weird nocturnal screams, and the exhibits feature creepy waxwork people torturing each other in gruesome detail. A nightmare on each street: are these the world's most haunted cities? 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Some, or perhaps all, are waxworks – the camera passes across their bodies, the quality of the film grainy, the soundtrack culminating in two minutes of cheering and heavy breathing. Kanye West's Famous video: is it art? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The waxwork, wearing a Brazil national team kit that was donated by Neymar, was unveiled at a private event at Barcelona’s training center on Tuesday. Wax figure of Neymar unveiled by Madame Tussauds 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z In 1997, the queen’s eldest son, Prince Charles, described Chinese leaders as “appalling old waxworks.” Queen Elizabeth II calls Chinese officials 'very rude' 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z In a memo about the handover ceremony, Prince Charles described the Communist party’s elderly leaders as a “group of appalling old waxworks” and mocked the “awful Soviet-style display” of goose-stepping Chinese soldiers at the event. Queen caught on camera saying Chinese officials were 'very rude' 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z He was writing about the British handover of Hong Kong to China, and he described senior Chinese officials accompanying President Jiang Zemin to the ceremony in 1997 as “appalling old waxworks.” Queen Elizabeth II Calls Chinese Officials ‘Very Rude’ on State Visit 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z And Prince Charles - who's avoided two Chinese state banquets in the UK - described some officials in a leaked journal as "appalling old waxworks". Queen overheard calling Chinese officials 'very rude' - BBC News 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z In a memo about the handover ceremony Prince Charles described the Communist party’s elderly leaders as a “group of appalling old waxworks” and mocked the “awful Soviet-style display” of goose-stepping Chinese soldiers at the event. Queen says Chinese officials were 'very rude' during Xi Jinping's state visit 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Dressed in an austere black suit, Vladimir Lenin, the first Soviet leader, looks at first to be a waxwork. Lenin Lab: the team keeping the first Soviet leader embalmed 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z His portrait is like a waxwork image of a powerful man, glaring enigmatically at the camera. Andres Serrano on Donald Trump: 'I never speak ill of people who've posed for me' 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Photograph: Rex When David Levy was 10 he visited Madame Tussauds waxworks museum with his aunt. Sex, love and robots: is this the end of intimacy? 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The waxworks are dressed in tuxedos for the exhibit, which will show in London for six weeks before embarking on a tour of Madame Tussauds museums worldwide in December. James Bonds past and present on show at Madame Tussauds 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z It looks like his waxwork either way he's aged well that boy! Hamilton has world title at his feet 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z To protect the waxwork denizens, often mauled by terrified spectators, they wired the mannequins; the viewer who ignored warnings would get a nasty shock, the price of seeking succor in hell. Reading American cities: books about Cincinnati 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Not only will the new waxwork – due to be unveiled in July – capture the reality star partaking in her favorite pastime, but guests will be able to get involved too. Kim Kardashian to Get Her Own Selfie-Taking Wax Figure 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z She said it was “an incredibly detailed process sitting for the waxwork, and the team at MT were so passionate and skilled.” See Lorde's Insanely Perfect New Wax Figure 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z In the set’s basement, a space used last year as the Creature’s theater hideaway has become a waxworks assembly line filled with pale severed heads and gnarled hands. Showtime’s ‘Penny Dreadful’ takes satanic turn in 2nd season 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The results in my case were less instructive than dispiriting: Imagine a waxwork effigy left to melt overnight on a radiator. Need Financial Advice? Ask the Future You 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z In a leaked private diary, written at the time of the Hong Kong handover, Prince Charles referred to Chinese officials as "appalling old waxworks". The prince and the Party: Five elephants in the room 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The French sculptor arrived in London in 1802 and toured her waxwork shows on fairgrounds for 20 years before establishing herself in Baker Street in 1835, where visitors paid sixpence entry. Why gender has no place at the fair 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z London's venerable waxwork museum, Madame Tussauds, is opening a special multi-million dollar Star Wars show this May in the British capital, in collaboration with Disney and Lucasfilm. Madame Tussauds is recreating Star Wars in wax 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z In a shopping street just south of the plaza, a new set of waxworks now compete for their attention. Model citizens 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Melissa Dring, forensic artist, said she used the small pencil and watercolour sketch as a "starting point" for her pastel portrait, which was then developed into the waxwork. 'Real Jane Austen' waxwork unveiled 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z In a private diary that was leaked, he once described the Chinese Communist leadership as "appalling old waxworks". Prince Charles provokes diplomatic row by comparing Putin to Hitler 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The group announced that new branches of its waxwork museums would be opened in San Francisco and Beijing next year, while new Legoland parks will be opened in Dubai and potentially Japan and South Korea. November float for Legoland owner 2013-10-30T15:58:30Z The show's opening number sung by Alexander Hanson, who plays Ward, is delivered from the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds waxworks in Blackpool - where Ward is displayed alongside Jack the Ripper and Hitler. Lloyd Webber launches Ward musical 2013-09-30T17:10:40Z The popular exhibit of waxworks, which was launched in London in 1835, is now in 20 cities across the world. Model citizens 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The Merkel "diamond" even adorns her waxwork at Berlin's Madame Tussauds The other parties found it hard to dent this image. Why Germans came home to 'Mummy' 2013-09-23T07:09:33Z Madame Tussauds in London unveils a waxwork figure of the singer Adele. Day in pictures: 3 July 2013 2013-07-03T11:49:36Z A waxwork of Bachchan at Madame Tussauds was the first to be made of an Indian actor. Bollywood star Bachchan in TV series 2013-06-06T09:30:01Z The spokesman would not expand on what the "inappropriate behaviour" was or on whether the waxwork had been damaged. Museum removes Ken Barlow waxwork 2013-05-12T16:32:45Z He was the first Indian actor to become a waxwork at Madame Tussaud's. In pictures: Indian cinema turns 100 2013-05-09T01:54:12Z The waxwork boys will beon display in London, before going on tour in New York and Sydney. One Direction waxworks revealed 2013-04-18T14:15:58Z In 1980 a waxwork of her was put on display at Madame Tussaud's in London. Pictures: Who was Margaret Thatcher? 2013-04-08T14:19:42Z The Harry Potter star is the latest addition to the waxwork attraction's celebrity line-up. Emma Watson joins waxwork A-list 2013-03-26T12:22:04Z Yet England could probably stick a waxwork model of Fatty Foulke in goal against San Marino and get away with it. Roy Hodgson had to pursue Ben Foster as goalkeeper cupboard is bare 2013-03-02T21:59:03Z The waxwork will be displayed in Hong Kong until November when it'll travel to Bangkok in Thailand and then on to Shanghai in China. Steve Jobs waxwork unveiled 2012-09-27T07:29:23Z The waxworks' clothes were donated by the One Direction boys. One Direction waxworks revealed 2013-04-18T14:15:58Z As I want to make the waxworks of Madame Tussauds before nightfall, I still ask for a fast-track ticket. Olympic London deserted: it's a great time to be a tourist in the capital 2012-08-03T23:05:38Z First stops are the Madame Tussaud waxworks and the British Museum. Trouncing worth every minute for Maldives player 2012-07-29T07:24:16Z The building where he died is to be converted into a new museum with a reconstruction of Liddell's prison room and a waxwork of him inside. Chariots of Fire's Liddell is Chinese 'hero' 2012-07-21T23:22:47Z The new waxwork took four months to create and cost £150,000. Brand new waxwork of the Queen 2012-05-14T11:33:46Z A murderer looks much like any other man, though people who take their ideas from waxwork shows think otherwise. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z There's only one person ahead of me at the counter, and that's the actor Morgan Freeman – and on closer inspection, even he turns out to be a waxwork. Olympic London deserted: it's a great time to be a tourist in the capital 2012-08-03T23:05:38Z I had seen nothing but waxwork figures in eccentric attitudes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z There are a score of similar entries, also of displays at the "Angel," of freaks and monstrosities, waxworks and the like. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z She acted "Mrs. Jarley displaying her waxwork" nine times this winter, and was always successful in giving life and variety to the representation. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z She takes them to ride in the underground railroad, shows them the wonders of the waxworks, at the entrance of which stands George Washington with extended hand, and lingers with them in the British Museum. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z There are nearly as many waxworks as there are tourists. Olympic London deserted: it's a great time to be a tourist in the capital 2012-08-03T23:05:38Z Late one night, in the second half of the month, the crime doctor, seated like a waxwork in a chair that never creaked, had just made sure that his man was asleep at last. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z If you have no reason to feel a becoming pride before waxwork children, there are young ladies here who have, and you must either defer to those young ladies or leave the establishment, Miss Edwards.” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z A waxwork figure was exhibited in the Strand, and noted authors - Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe among them - penned pamphlets about the wild boy. Feral courtier 2011-08-08T00:15:22Z British Olympic athlete Jessica Ennis at the unveiling of her waxwork model at Madame Tussauds in London on Thursday 21 July. News International loses Olympic deal 2011-07-21T19:00:21Z The waxwork took four months to complete, wears kit donated Ennis and raises the Union Flag in triumph. Jessica Ennis meets her waxwork 2011-07-21T10:19:46Z I suspect she was on her way to Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition, to instruct her mind there. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z A waxworks hall reproduces the scene of the historic first political meeting. Chinese communist site now a bastion for capitalism 2011-06-29T05:36:45Z She was drawing off her gloves with a slowness that irritated him as an affectation; he thought the artificial perfection of her hands hideous as a waxwork. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Useless: her voice would never return, her legs felt as if they belonged to a figure in Mrs. Jarley’s waxworks. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z He scrutinized everything he saw in Ireland with the air and interest of a schoolboy visiting a waxworks show. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Alton Towers in Staffordshire was seen as good value but it was "a wonder that people still join lengthy queues to visit pricey Madame Tussauds", the waxworks museum in London. Britain 'overpriced' for tourists 2011-05-11T13:30:21Z And the waxwork museum Madame Tussauds erected a big screen outside its Hollywood branch. Breakfast parties 2011-04-30T00:29:11Z I felt as though I had addressed a waxwork figure. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Thorkell walked behind, his little eyes twinkling under his bushy eyebrows; and on his arm his wife leaned heavily after every feeble step, her white waxwork face bright with the smile of first motherhood. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Fans queued for hours to catch a glimpse of the star and his waxwork. PICTURES: Bieber meets waxwork 2011-03-16T13:15:59Z A beautiful piece of animated waxwork, with a little machinery inside, just enough to make her say, 'Yes, if you please,' and 'No, thank you.' The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The creatures, all rings and chains, beards and moustaches, come up to the side of your carriage, put up their opera-glasses, and stare at you as if you was waxwork! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z These bucks might easily have been mistaken for waxworks. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z As they walked down the drive in the moonlight, the sentry peered at them through the iron bars, and, recognizing Lord Blair, suddenly presented arms, becoming thereat a very passable imitation of a waxwork figure. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z He, therefore, laid his elbows on the table, and his head between the palms of his hands, and stared at the Princess, whom he fancied looked very much like the sleeping beauty at the waxworks. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The museum was also waiting to hear if she would donate an outfit for the waxwork. Kate Middleton to join wax royalty in 2011 2010-12-27T13:14:16Z Shortly after a waxwork of the "Führer" was put on display at the Berlin branch of wax museum Madame Tussauds in 2008, it was beheaded by an angry protester. New Hitler Exhibit Causes a Stir in Germany 2010-10-15T19:40:00Z In the 1930s and 40s, a local impresario showed several of Epstein's controversial religious sculptures – Adam, Consummatum Est, Jacob and the Angel, Genesis – in shops and at the Louis Tussaud's waxworks on the promenade. Blackpool: profile of a ghost town 2010-08-27T07:00:00Z I hardly think we would have turned aside to look at Harry Foster himself, had he been lying in his last bloody sleep, as plain as in a waxwork. Deep Moat Grange Well, now," said Billy, returning to the charge, "did you ever see a waxwork model of anatomy? The Fortunes Of Glencore They may not strike people as being so ridiculous as they really are, though anyone who finds amusement in waxworks ought to get sufficient entertainment from a dress parade. The Book of This and That I shouldn’t be at all surprised if he’s got half a dozen wives in a sort of Madame Tussaud’s Blue Chamber of Horrors, preserved in waxwork.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Mrs. Jarley’s waxworks, as described by that lady herself, may be taken as a very fair description of an average Unitarian congregation at a no very remote date. The Religious Life of London In another day most of them would have been candidates for a waxworks or the formaldehyde of a specimen bottle. Accidental Flight While the older novelists were static, we have to be kinetic: is not the picture-palace here to give us a lesson and to remind us that the waxworks which delighted our grandfathers have gone? A Novelist on Novels The waxworks in the museum seemed faded and worn after him. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly There was a large number of visitors, and it kept open for about two years, having had some waxworks added to its attractions. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant Like critics of nature poetry, he saw the world in terms of men and women: and Hamburg as the 133 location of dancing saloons and a singular exhibition of waxworks. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday And so you have that great Giuseppe Loti at the head of your waxwork department, eh? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The effigy is of painted wood and is amazingly lifelike, though smacking decidedly of the figures in a waxworks exhibition. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine For you may notice that scarcely any one talks, except in a whisper, in those waxwork places. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. We watched it curiously as it stood in an unbending rigidity similar to that of a giant waxwork, cold, unnatural, stupidly implacable, half unbelievable, and wholly ridiculous. Cavalry of the Clouds It is one of the most beautiful of dessert fruits: it has no down on the skin, being entirely smooth and beautiful, like waxwork. Soil Culture He had a horrid look of a waxwork. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Robert wuz busy up to the last minute, but managed to spend time to take Tommy to see some famous waxworks he had promised. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife The next day, when they had gone back to the waxwork, she was in even greater terror for fear he should rob Mrs. Jarley, their benefactress. Tales from Dickens It rocked stiffly in its place, a most palpable and reassuring waxwork. The Camera Fiend In the interval we amused ourselves with a Chinese open-air theatre, waxwork exhibition, and a puppet-show. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Portraits of Mr. Balfour found a ready sale, and Tussaud's great exhibition of waxworks next door to the hall was quite unable to compete with the living hero. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In the Marylebone Road, close to the underground station, stands Madame Tussaud's famous waxwork exhibition, the delight of children and visitors from the country. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London He made her give him the money she had earned from the waxwork, joined the gamblers and in a few hours had lost it all. Tales from Dickens “Flintergill” intended to spend the evening in Pullan’s Music Hall, but he got into the Bowling Green, where there happened to be a waxwork show. Adventures and Recollections Tussaud’s famous gallery, and the waxworks it contained. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs Yes, very likely, and people at real places often have no more expression than the waxworks. The Twelfth Hour The waxworks were begun in Paris in 1780, and brought to London in 1802 to the place where the Lyceum Theatre now stands, and afterwards were removed to Hanover Square rooms. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London It was headed by a symbolic float of waxwork figures, in which a colossal horse, prancing on its hind legs, seemed just about to soar into the air. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions And Zorilla, whose version is the most poetic of them all, has succeeded in giving only a ridiculous exhibition of waxworks. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia For a queer second I did see ourselves in that inevitable mirror, but cadaverous and out-of-date and palsied—a dusty set of old waxworks, simpering inanely in the lumber-room of Time. More Trivia Bronzing is the latest improvement in waxwork, and if properly made cannot be detected from the most expensive artistic bronze. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Later, the bazaar was the scene of Madame Tussaud's well-known waxworks. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London At this last stage there is also a series of waxwork figures which symbolize the vanity of life and of human desire. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The realism of the Stuart stump picture was never so atrocious as this baleful invention, which was as meretricious as a waxwork show. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework When it was drawing near ten, Miss Chandos brought the proceedings to a close by animating—like Pygmalion—her waxwork statues. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis In the Western Quadrant will be found an exhibition of waxworks that would have filled poor Artemus Ward's heart with joy. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) He almost lingered there, for it was very curious to see those nobles as quiet and motionless as though they had been waxworks in a show. The Sleeping Beauty Jimmy was particularly interested in the waxwork figures, which at first he thought must be real, so natural was their appearance. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant The custodians are supposed to be men of special insight in the branches over which they preside, yet for all the advantage to the public they might as well be waxwork dummies. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework He was off in a moment, and sat facing the audience in his magnetic trance, looking like a figure at a waxwork show. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis No one could equal me in the knowledge of the Sacred Writings, the enumeration of atoms, the management of elephants, waxworks, astronomy, poetry, boxing, all exercises and all arts. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul The sign advertising the waxworks and “Collection of Criminology” still hung at the door of the lower floor. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The world of human beings would then be just as dull and uninspiring as a waxwork show. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg Once I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Mushrooms on the Moor In the centre of it quite straight and still with its head on the lace pillow lay a small figure, something like waxwork, fast asleep. The Little Lame Prince Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters So Cooper Union provided a museum of waxworks and many strange, natural-history specimens. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen It will be remembered that Mrs. Jarley, in the “Old Curiosity Shop,” employed “a poet” to celebrate her waxworks in similar fashion, and who was content with a few shillings for each effort. Pickwickian Studies One man may kiss this waxwork, while another isn't permitted to lay a finger on it. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Now, waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me.' Mushrooms on the Moor There had been a speedy end to his troubles, poor fellow, and he sat there stiff and cold and pallid, staring before him like a figure in an exhibition of waxworks. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography They are capital waxwork, and if the author had only cared a little bit about them, they might have even that mystic touch of life which thrills us in the finer sorts of fiction. My Contemporaries In Fiction As a change they got up game parties à la Little Athens in their own small salon, introduced the Potatoe Pantomime, had charades, and enacted the immortal Jarley's waxworks on one of the Seven Hills. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag She was a put-up thing of waxwork and a stuffed salmo ferox. Much Darker Days Burlesquely-shaped palms, swathed in their overcoats, stand on the green lawns like waxwork figures. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 If you put one of Madame Tussaud's waxworks into a front seat, or on a Woolsack, or on a Board of Directors, the English would venerate it more than most real persons. 'That Very Mab' In the way of waxwork—it would be hard to find anything more effective than the people in 'Esther Waters.' My Contemporaries In Fiction That is far too much like a waxwork! The Gold Trail More select entertainment, such as Shuffle Kitty's waxwork, whose motto was, "A rag to pay, and in you go," were given in a hall whose approach was by an outside stair. Auld Licht Idylls Of the sort of waxwork history which is thought sufficient for the side-show of the age of abbots and crusaders, a small instance will be sufficient. A Short History of England Our waxworks are absolutely going to take the shine out of their stupid old toy-shop. The Jolliest School of All It came over him that this image was thus being conveniently transported from one town to another for some show—some Jarley waxworks. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Mrs. Jarley and her famous waxworks, Mrs. Jarley, Mrs. Hodgkins herself, was a sight that would move the latent risibilities of the most morose Iago. Sixty Years of California Song The fire burned brightly, the parlour was like waxwork in its perfect order; Grace, with her sewing, sat by her favourite window. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel You will never hear them say, "How contemptible are these Catholics who pray in common churches; tawdry with waxwork imagery and Repository Art." Gilbert Keith Chesterton Have your old waxworks if you like, but I can tell you beforehand you won't take the shine out of us. The Jolliest School of All Vines loaded with bunches of scarlet and orange berries like waxwork, and others bearing fluffy bunches of silky gray down curly as an old man's beard, climbed the trees that overhung the stream. Days of the Discoverers He had a feeling as if he had gone from a waxwork show and met a real woman. By the Light of the Soul A Novel In his dog collar and old-fashioned aviator's shades, he looked like a waxworks figure. Eastern Standard Tribe And a good-sized window, with waxwork figures in it to show off the goods. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') The difference between an animated toy-shop and waxworks was so slight as to be immaterial. The Jolliest School of All He told me, as he sat smoking, looking like a waxwork figure, how several years ago he awoke in the dead of the night to find something he could not understand on his pillow. Memories and Anecdotes These became subsequently the property of Madame Tussaud, and long remained among the treasures of her waxwork exhibition in Baker Street. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character There is also a curious look of waxworks about his over-washed hands. With Rimington Except that the costumes and accessories are authentic the tableau is in no way superior to an ordinary waxwork. A Wanderer in Holland Even the Camellia Buds, though they watched with jaundiced eyes, could not deny that the members of the Starry Circle managed their waxworks very creditably. The Jolliest School of All Osaka is famous for its waxworks and theatres. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months At length, some waxwork attracting our notice, a change took place in the disposition of our party. Jacques Bonneval In fine, a Tussaud's once removed, Not waxworks, but their far connections; The names, the attitudes, approved, But mere reflections. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 I also recall a waxwork representation of the Birth in the Manger. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment The audience will have sat through the juniors' play, the seniors' stunt, and the waxworks. The Jolliest School of All In a little room behind a table stood a middle-aged Japanese couple as stiff as waxworks. Kimono I think this line,— "'Lovely as waxwork is thy brow,' "does you great credit. Fated to Be Free Why, the waxworks of Madame Tussaud are models of vivacity and agility compared to it. Father Payne In all well-regulated dwellings there were whatnots in the corner with shells and waxworks and other objects of beauty or mild interest. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment I think it would be much better to get up Mrs. Jarley’s waxworks. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces Streams of people passed continually through the velvet curtains hung before Herr Curtius's shop to see his marvellous waxworks within. Calvert of Strathore And there was a much more general, purposeless, vacant staring at it—like looking at waxwork, without a catalogue, and not knowing what to make of it. The Uncommercial Traveller The scale of wickedness allowed to the waxwork British lady is most charmingly graduated. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance It looked as if we'd stuck up a waxwork instead of a statue in the centre of our garden. The Wisdom of Father Brown He was such an unnatural colour to look at that the men of roundabouts and waxwork shows seemed gentlemen beside him; but he considered them low company, and remained aloof. The Return of the Native We stood there like men in a waxwork for a good minute at the very least; and if you think a minute is not a long time, try it with your eyes shut. The Mutineers As I was standing to admire a waxwork exhibition of all the famous highwaymen, and cut-throats, whose histories are most renowned in France, and listening to the fellow at the door, bawling—Aux Voleurs! Anna St. Ives Nature would do that cleanlier; and waxwork more powerfully! Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett A cow, a stable, an old peasantess saying her rosary, a daughter knitting—all real, not waxwork. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc I fancy that I can picture to myself how these tinselled relics, these tasteless waxworks, changed by the magic of devotion and of dread, become to the humble worshipper images of loveliness and beauty. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork. L'Assommoir Saved by Jack's skill from any hint of waxwork or pantomime, their subtle color and tranquil light made each picture a vision of past time, an evocation of Hellenic beauty and dignity. A Fountain Sealed Flesh and blood like other people, or waxwork, with a stone for a heart? A Terrible Secret She seemed now some fantastic doll, some ghastly waxwork image of death such as we see carried on the stage in tragic plays. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] But that laugh started the machinery of the group of waxwork figures with the wax-white skins. The Wendigo She might have been a waxwork dummy out of Madame Tussaud's. Red Masquerade "Dyce keeps her rooms like waxwork and she is a capital cook." A Beautiful Possibility A waxworks in the same city drew large crowds to witness a representation of the execution of Louis XVI. The United States of America, Part 1 The idea is that of a waxwork exhibition, the characters being personated, after a burlesque fashion, by living performers. Entertainments for Home, Church and School For indeed a waxwork figure would have seemed more useful than that woman whom we all were accustomed to see sitting elevated above the two billiard-tables—without expression, without movement, without voice, without sight. Victory An Island Tale Tissaud's waxworks, and then after we have been undeceived, we shall have toward it an uncanny feeling, totally unaesthetic, as towards a corpse. The Principles of Aesthetics Her mother was standing at a little distance, with all the calm and moveless concentration of a waxwork figure, looking up at her from the staircase. The Return A waxwork figure would answer the same purpose: a Lord Mayor of London has as much tinsel to be proud of. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners If you want to moralise upon the mutability of human affairs, go and see the figure of Gorgius in his real, identical robes, at the waxwork.—Admittance one shilling. The Book of Snobs They have no more life in them than a piece of waxwork, or a clothes-dummy at a tailor's door. Character This apathetic condition did not suit me, for I had not come to Algeria to visit a waxwork exhibition. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Friday night was the first, when I sat there like a twitching waxwork, soberly debating between Bedlam here and Bedlam hereafter. The Return The butler had an acquaintance, a man named Hopkins, who was one of the waxworks staff, and this man had sometimes given him passes for "self and lady." The Lodger In the autumn of last year I was taken to see some waxworks. The Legacy of Cain His ideal, the common male Egoist ideal of a waxwork sex, would have been shocked to fragments had she spoken further to fill in the outlines of these awful interjections. The Egoist "Looks almost like a waxwork figure, doesn't he?" Kingdom of the Blind With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realization of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations This happy mode of issue from my difficulties lent a springiness to my step, as we followed a waxwork footman over the velvet sward to a nook under a group of copper beeches. Penelope's English Experiences This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair. Jane Eyre From a music-hall illusionist, who came to grief during a South American tour, they acquired the oriental waxwork figure which subsequently mystified so many thousands of dupes. Dope They sat rather like a very superior lot of waxworks, with the fixed but indetermined facial expression and with that odd air wax figures have of being aware of their existence being but a sham. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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