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I'm so tired of this rush, of this unnecessary excitement, of the party yesterday, of those tableaux-vivants, of Floortje's jealousy, of Aunt Adolphine's spitefulness, I am tired, tired, tired of everything.

From Small Souls by Couperus, Louis

Write your prophecy as though seen by the Lady of Shalott, and illustrate by tableaux-vivants.

From Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895 by Various

What I want to tell you is how easily some of your pictures can be turned into tableaux-vivants, or even acted.

From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various

Sir Cyril Meres was already beginning to plan his wonderful tableaux-vivants, which, however, did not come off until February.

From The Invader A Novel by Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa)

The dinner was finished; the nuts and the jokes were cracked; the café, the chasse-café, the enigmas, the conundrums, the anecdotes, the songs, the tableaux-vivants followed each other.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various