| 单词 | cabalistic |
| 例句 | It was an inborn talent, requiring none of the trying cabalistic study to which her Uncle Marcos had applied himself with far more effort and far less effect. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame Fortuna runs the palm-reading concession, channels Bela Lugosi, wears a shawl decorated with "various cabalistic symbols". Joyland by Stephen King – review 2013-06-12T06:31:01Z In desperation, the “Muscovite Venus” turned to her admirer, the mysterious Comte de Saint-Germain, who revealed to her a cabalistic secret that guarantees success at cards. Capturing the essence of Pushkin, the revered poet killed in a duel at 37 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z So, is there a deep state, though one with a more neutral name and less cabalistic motives than the conspiracy theorists portray? Who Is Really Running the Government? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Editors note that the name, “this cabalistic phrase,” must be “almost meaningless to an outsider.” Is the University of Virginia yearbook name, ‘Corks and Curls,’ about to become history as the school grapples with racist imagery? 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z "But three is a fortunate number, my gay cousin," replied De Vaux, smiling, "not an unfortunate one, by every rule of cabalistic science." The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z The landlord observed with growing wonder that its black lining was sprinkled with cabalistic figures embroidered in white. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The taste, however, for this sort of laborious trifling has almost passed away; nor do we propose to re-open the subject of cabalistic lettering. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Perpetual motion, squaring the circle, are only variants of the alchemical pursuit of the philosopher's stone, the transmutation of the baser metals, the cabalistic Abracadabra, the quest of the absolute. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Holt immediately gathered various plants, mixed them up with great ceremony, and after rolling them up in parchment, scrawled upon the ball some cabalistic characters. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Then she would write an illegible scrawl with a cabalistic letter, and bring it down, reverentially, and show it the patient, and "Could he read that?" The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The silence and mystery which wrapped her round, the sombre hangings, the burning candles, the cabalistic figures filled her with awe and apprehension. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Priests used to cure diseases 160 by selling little pieces of paper covered with cabalistic marks. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z They disfigured him and placed on his arm a cabalistic mark. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z He wore ancient Korean state robes of rich yellow hue, embroidered with numberless cabalistic signs. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z He then collected a number of plants, mixed them up with various ceremonies, and inclosed them in parchment, on which he scrawled divers cabalistic characters. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z It will be remembered that she had induced us to sign her cabalistic book of magic numbers with the sole object of freeing her from any possible pretensions upon our side. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z I seem to see there a face and figure not unlike my own, the brow seamed with cabalistic wrinkles. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Their leader was the last; he spoke a cabalistic word, pressed his foot on the threshold, as the two sides of the door folded together, and it was closed. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The main thoroughfare, with its endless variety of cabalistic design and rich colouring, is like an Oriental bazaar or the gorgeous scenery of a theatre. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z An individual in the centre wore in addition a belt, covered by some cabalistic devices. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z She would not listen to my arguments, but insisted on our signing a certain notebook scrawled with cabalistic characters and numbers. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z His conquest over the cabalistic letter had confirmed his theory. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Ejaculatory prayer, however, is made constantly, in the uttering of cabalistic words, phrases, or sentences adopted by or assigned to almost every one by parent or doctor. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z They all appear extremely busy, writing extraordinary cabalistic signs on sheets of rice-paper. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z This cabalistic wisdom is not recorded in books nor in manuscript, but has been purposely preserved from the uninitiated, in the unreadable brains of unresponsive men. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z In a recess on one side stood a table, covered with cabalistic characters and figures, referring to the celestial influences. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Two Latin words, written in italics, with a cabalistic abbreviation set after them, are a stumbling block on the page to the reader unaccustomed to scientific lore. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The traveller must go by silently, or with some cabalistic invocation, with bowed or bared head, and with some offering,—anything, even a pebble. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The Czar does not comprehend the meaning of those cabalistic words, spiritual supremacy. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z She wore a full black robe with long sleeves and a girdle with cabalistic signs on it. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Magical receipts and charms in French, written partly in an abbreviated form, accompanied by cabalistic figures. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-29T02:00:13.910Z Here and there a spectacled old gentleman nosed his way from case to case, making at intervals cabalistic pencil marks on the margin of his catalogue—which specimen of compiled literature alone cost five dollars. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z The quants created a name for the Truth, a name that smacked of cabalistic studies of magical formulas: alpha. How Math Whizzes Helped Sink the Economy [Book Excerpt] 2011-09-22T21:45:00.253Z At sight of Abra's long white beard, his wizard's wand, and cloak covered with cabalistic signs, even Ursula's courage had begun to ebb. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Up the next staircase they trooped and finally up a narrow flight, at the top of which hung a black curtain with cabalistic signs painted on it in bright red. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z Nan drew cabalistic signs on the steps with her riding crop, and for some moments the silence was unbroken save for the half chuckling singing of George Washington, who was turning somersaults near by. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Twenty-eight feet above the pavement, over the horseshoe arch, a cabalistic key and a gigantic hand are carved on two stones. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Catherine built an outside stairway up to the platform of this tower, and a great, flat, stone table was placed there to form a foundation for Ruggieri's cabalistic instruments. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Miss Collins's small manicured hand ran easily over her notebook, leaving a trail of cabalistic signs behind it. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Out came Meg, with gray horse-hair hanging about her face, a red and black robe, a staff, and cabalistic signs upon her cloak. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Late on fantastic cabalistic schemes, Of waking whimsies, or of feverish dreams, New cobweb threads of poetry were spun, In gaudy snares, like flies, were witlings won, Their brains entangled, and our art undone. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z Why, who among them now know the meaning of words which must almost seem like cabalistic characters? George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The abstruse terms "Mystery," "Wisdom," "�on," "Prince of the Powers" recur again and again, and always with the cabalistic meaning. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z But as here stated they have a curiously cabalistic sound and show little relation to the needs of any profession. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z They hold ideas on transmigration which are Pythagorean and cabalistic. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z All the pages he examined were filled with cabalistic characters, which he was totally unable to decipher. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z A knife with the cabalistic letters was left beside the corpse to show that the deed was not a murder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A scholar who has justly observed this, somewhat cabalistically has discovered that “the initial word of Genesis in Chaldee,” and printed in Hebraic characters בהדסין, exhibits the presumed name of the Saxon monk. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Domestic servants are among the most inveterate gamblers; they all have their cabalistic books, and a large part of their earnings goes to the insatiable "lotto." Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z "Thy cabalistic wand, woman!" he repeated, in a tone of horror, recoiling from her several paces and crossing himself. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Suddenly, Rougemont stopped, and turning over several leaves of the book, which were covered with cabalistic characters, appeared in search of some magic formula. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Therefore men in claw-hammer coats came and went, with strange accents and with cabalistic motions of hats and gloves, and women moved about with mystic swagger. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z She made a series of cabalistic signs at me, which, I took it, had reference to nurse. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z For though figurative the form of expression, and cabalistic the words, both man and woman seem instantly to comprehend them; and with such comprehension, as almost to drive them distracted. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Then the Professor said, with an air of assurance, “Miss Grace Laing,” and a girl of about eighteen stepped lightly forward, made a few figures, and, to me, cabalistic signs. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The lights within the lamp had expired; but the bright moonlight, streaming through the window, fell upon the rigid features of the unfortunate alchemist, and on the cabalistic characters of the open volume beside him. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z These, as he rode forward to the door, could be heard whispering to one another that phrase that had lately become of almost cabalistic import—the black horseman! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Yantrasara includes all cabalistic figures, the method of drawing and using them, and the objects to be attained by them. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Elvira took it very indifferently and read the name, but the words she read seemed to be cabalistic, for she started, turned red and then pale. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z First there were three blows, then two, separated from the others by a pause; and then two again; total, seven, the cabalistic number. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The floor was painted black, and the walls were hung with dark tapestry, covered with all manner of cabalistic figures. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z It is devoutly to be wished that the cabalistic dreams of Hutchinsonianism are not to be extensively revived in our day. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z His solitary eye gleamed with infernal expression, and bright with the cabalistic figures of magic lore, a golden fillet screened the mutilated orb. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z For though figurative the form of expression, and cabalistic the words, both man and woman seem instantly to comprehend them. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z The ingenuous idea prevails that by some cabalistic method of procedure the bank earns something by such transactions that in reality only cause irksome work. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z The black cat is the cabalistic animal par excellence! The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Even the faculty began to inquire, in a dignified way, as to "the meaning of those cabalistic symbols." The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z Vranic, who had drawn the cabalistic sign, handed it to the captain. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z This parchment is of camel’s skin; but it was usual with Catherine of Medicis to carry about her person, a legend, in cabalistic characters, inscribed on the skin of a dead-born infant.—D’Herbelot, p. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The eyes of one will sparkle among her jewels; her cheeks will blush thru her curls, but the other will be in that cabalistic country where there is neither wish nor want. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Under the general title of Coblynau I class the fairies which haunt the mines, quarries and underground regions of Wales, corresponding to the cabalistic Gnomes. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z This will appear very distinctly, if we attend to their doctrine respecting the great angel whom they cabalistically denominated Metraton.” The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z R�n� wrote on a small strip of red paper some cabalistic characters, put it into the eye of a steel needle, and with the needle pierced the small wax model in the heart. Marguerite de Valois I always thought there must be something cabalistic about the number 26. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced In summer he always had the same little house at Rosses Point, and it was there that he first became sensitive to the cabalistic symbols. The Trembling of the Veil European saddles, holsters, and arms were strange, and, including Albino, we made the cabalistic number of three which got up the late revolution. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The study required to translate and comprehend the cabalistic and hieroglyphical records has been very great, and it was essential that I should test each step experimentally. A Modern Wizard "It would be strange," said Catharine, "if these cabalistic preparations really had the power attributed to them." Marguerite de Valois He longed to believe in it, and had studied, though not learnedly, geomancy, astrology, chiromancy, and much cabalistic symbolism, and yet doubted if the soul outlived the body. Ideas of Good and Evil The formulae recited for such purposes are not purely cabalistic, though inasmuch as mystery is of the very essence of magic, foreign words and outlandish names occur in them by preference. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" In fact, they declared that he was not dead at all, but only in a sort of swoon, from which, according to the rules of the cabalistic art, he would recover in seven days. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The mystic notions of the German Quakers, the Herrenhut brotherhood, besides studies in cabalistic alchemy, took, at least for a time, deep root in his soul. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Here was a giant turntable, rack on rack of shellacked alloy discs, mysterious-appearing charts and cabalistic signs. The Giants From Outer Space In a corner of his palace he had arranged a cupboard with a censer and a pair of candlesticks, before which he performed cabalistic operations in nothing but his shirt. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty On inquiry, it turned out that he, like the rest of us, remembered only the cabalistic words which introduced the tale, but of the tale itself, nothing. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 This cabalistic tablet here refers to a mirror which she holds in her hand and says she appeared on the 15th day to order the decisions. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms Astrology spoke its great swelling words, made its cabalistic signs, and passed away to its burial; but astronomy remains eternal as the heavens. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 His face was hideously ugly; the skin appearing very much like wet paper, and the forehead covered with those cabalistic signs whose wondrous significance is best known to those who correct the press. Devil Stories An Anthology There were no mysterious emblems or cabalistic flourishes accompanying this simple announcement. The Witches of New York His luck shipwrecked the cabalistic calculations of the old, deeply experienced gamblers. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II It was his confidence in the far possibilities opened by investigation in that field, together with the cabalistic notions he had absorbed, which rendered him so willing to become a student of psychical phenomena. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The cabalistic calculations of seasoned old players were shivered to atoms against the Baron's play. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Instead of showing you the ghosts, she gives you cabalistic words and powerful potions to bring them back in your dreams. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages There was nothing visible that savored of astrology or magic, unless some tin candlesticks with battered rims could be cabalistically construed. The Witches of New York During this chat his eye fell on a portmanteau of mine which I had caused to be marked, for convenience sake and easy identification, with the cabalistic figures 120. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Ariel is a name of a spirit in mediaeval literature of cabalistic secrets. An Introduction to Shakespeare The nains are also regarded as the originators of a cabalistic alphabet, the letters of which are engraved 98 on several of the megalithic monuments of Morbihan, and especially those of Gavr’inis. Legends & Romances of Brittany Around her limbs a veil of woven mist Wavers, and turns from fibered amethyst To textured crystal; through which symboled bars Of silver burn, and cabalistic stars Of nebulous gold. Weeds by the Wall Verses He walked in, and then proceeded to take an observation of the cabalistic instruments and mysterious surroundings of the great philosopher. The Witches of New York His murderers, however, perished before the end of the year in the most painful manner; for the death of a black cat, an eminently cabalistic animal, never goes unavenged. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 She treads upon cabalistic books, and has a key suspended to her waist. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Certain significant facts had flashed across his mind in his studies of that almost abstract, nay, almost cabalistic thing, the science of bodily proportions. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion It is part of a cabalistic number upon discovering in a passage of the Bible the formula 77 x 7, being a product that is equal to 539. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty One more cabalistic performance and the hocus-pocus was ended. The Witches of New York The curious Americans noted that the arch-priest's robes were as black as his evilly glittering eyes, and were embroidered with curious cabalistic symbols done in silver thread. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 They called out cabalistic formulae of which the most intelligible to the layman sounded something like: "May—eighty-three—quarter." Westward with the Prince of Wales Mr. Whitney, as I believe you are the only one who would be able to read those cabalistic signs, we will now listen to you.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West They are based on the direct observation of the stars, their interpretation of sacred books, cabalistic multiplications of the magic number, seven. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty This conspicuous article, though mysterious and unaccountable, was not cabalistic, and savored not of witchcraft. The Witches of New York They stood again by the cabalistic diagram on the floor of the kitchen. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. The carvings on the walls were in the form of geometric designs and cabalistic symbols, giving no clue to the city's former occupants' identity. The Long Voyage “She’s a lovely girl,” she continued, drawing cabalistic figures with the provoking slipper. The Strollers Landa saw in books that he could not comprehend, cabalistic signs, and invocations to the devil. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries The sentence seemed to have a cabalistic significance—a pact—a threat which each man held over the other. The Vagrant Duke Hubert was an aged man, learned and pious, and well skilled, it was believed, in cabalistic science. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 As he dictated, Mr. Meyers wrote on the blank page opposite the lines, and made some cabalistic signs for insertion. Blue-grass and Broadway It was a cryptogram, of course––an arrangement of cabalistic signs instead of letters, but I could make nothing of it. The Crevice He was just in time, for Curmudgeon had got to the last but one of his cabalistic words, and in a single instant more, Prince Violet would have been changed into a cabbage. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 People hastened from their houses in all directions, the passers-by stopped in crowds to read, by torchlight, the cabalistic words. Pius IX. And His Time Stamped in the brass were the cabalistic figures: U. M. C. SAV. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Then he jerked out the sheet of paper, scribbled a cabalistic instruction across its top, sprang to his office door and let out a great roar of “Copy!” Counsel for the Defense It was covered with a tattered carpet and some cabalistic signs in blue chalk. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall Awkwardly, and somewhat slowly he drew out of this a small locket, in the center of which was some unreadable legend in cabalistic looking character, and which blazed with the finest diamonds. Frances Kane's Fortune I'll try to bear the knowledge," he said smiling—"if you will promise to speak the cabalistic two words that were to have such effect upon Reuben. Say and Seal, Volume I It was quite possible, for there was something very cabalistic, very strong of enchantment in the word Konhauserankehrschachtricht, the name given to the portion of the p. 126mine which we were then descending. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France He snored lustily, and the thief above, who had heard their conversation with much pleasure, aided by the light of the moon, descended, repeating seven times the cabalistic sound. Mediaeval Tales "Heavens!" he said, "don't tell me I'm to search all China, and Greece, and—wherever the cabalistic pundits come from!" The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator Mr. Purcell showed what he called the pitchery letter, which consisted of a piece of wood covered with cabalistic marks. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Evander, who had seated himself and had been tracing cabalistic signs on the grass with his staff, looked up into his companion’s face. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Its very door-way is blocked up for the moment by an enormous bale of goods, puffy, and covered with cabalistic characters. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France He made a marginal note of cabalistic import before he swung round in his chair and looked at her over his spectacles. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The official again saluted and seizing Juve's valise traced on it the cabalistic chalk mark which allowed it to pass the frontier. A Royal Prisoner He then made some cabalistic signs upon my forehead and bidding me be of stout heart descended to the main floor of the room, which was but dimly lighted by the flames of a brazier. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) He climbed into the cab and wondered hugely at the multiplicity of stopcocks and levers and cabalistically lettered dials. The Doomsman Before the kneeling men, the cabalistic diagrams took shape, and lo, a spring of water flowed from dry and barren stone. Eight Keys to Eden He ran hastily over the pages, each with a sample rectangle of cloth pasted within a printed gold border, and a cabalistic sign beneath. Mountain Blood A Novel The crooked blade of the kris is still used in divination, light and shadow playing over the wavy steel, ever suggesting cabalistic signs inscribed by an invisible hand on the azure surface. Through the Malay Archipelago This curious old fellow had an air so thoroughly rabbinical and cabalistic, that, from mere appearance, he would have been burned at the stake three centuries ago. Humorous Ghost Stories Rings were fabricated in silver and baser metals, having cabalistic words upon them, the names of spirits or of saints. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture But man saw only shape of diagram, its cabalistic lines and form. Eight Keys to Eden This itself was justly regarded as a proof of the secret intelligence which existed among the members of this cabalistic guild.29-† Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History That was the sentence that went on repeating itself like a cabalistic formula in Pamela Winstanley's mind, as her carriage drove through the dark silent woods to Ashbourne on the last night of the year. Vixen, Volume II. Carefully, she read the cabalistic line at the bottom of the map. The Gold Girl The specialist wrote cabalistic signs on a piece of paper. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions And fathers spoke to sons, and made the outer forms of gestures, drew the cabalistic signs, and told of magic things and powers that these signs could do. Eight Keys to Eden Several flat stones, marked with cabalistic letters, have been discovered, but no gold. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The mysterious visitor uttered some cabalistic words, and lo! flames burst forth from the magic phial, to the additional wonder and dismay of the beholders. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Several came close up to me, and peered over the cabalistic signs on my paper with a sort of gloomy inquisitiveness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The apparatus of the fortune-teller apparently consisted in certain cabalistic properties—wands, dials with signs upon them, and the like—arranged round a table. The Arbiter A Novel He circulated among them a document written in blood, with cabalistic figures, and pictures of the sun and a crucifix. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement The Sage, with motion doubly mystic, Resumed his juggling cabalistic. Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II An individual in the centre wore in addition a belt covered by some cabalistic devices. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Sign-painting must have been a profitable trade at that time, and a very necessary one, when scarcely one man in twenty knew his alphabet; and the cardinal figures were cabalistic signs to common eyes. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary And he made over to Durtal a small wooden rosary, and the strange circle engraved with cabalistic letters, the amulet of Saint Benedict. En Route Kitty was a mystic, Deep from cabalistic lore many hints she drew! The Book of Humorous Verse Again the cabalistic word, and so on to end of catalogue. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 Both telegraphs had been put up,—House's with its letter printing, Morse's with its cabalistic signs. A Little Girl of Long Ago Then there was a hint of war with Mexico, and the Oregon question was looming up with its cabalistic figures of "54, 40, or fight." A Little Girl in Old New York Lady Basset bowed gravely in reply to Godfrey’s courtesy, broke the seal of the letter, and gazed upon the cabalistic characters therein written. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century The witch was all in red, with a tall peaked hat of red, covered with cabalistic designs cut from gilt paper and pasted on. Marjorie's Busy Days On coming up the side he made some cabalistic signs, or, as the Dutch supposed, offered up prayers to his idols, and he did the same at the door of every cabin he entered. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold And the strange Chinatown, with its cabalistic signs, its men in blue shirts and pigtails, and often snowy white stockings and queer pointed slippers! A Little Girl of Long Ago According to the cabalistic doctrine, the various events of life and all natural phenomena are due to influences exerted by gods, devils, and the stars. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Dame Lovell looked with unfeigned admiration at the cabalistic characters, for such they were in her eyes, and declared them “right brave,” opining moreover that “learning was soothly a passing rare thing!” Mistress Margery Eagerly seizing the slip of paper which was gliding through the machine, he glanced over the cabalistic cipher there traced. Edmond Dantès As if it were a cabalistic speech, one separates from the rest, and comes towards him. The Death Shot A Story Retold "A talisman," says Pettigrew, "may in general terms be defined to be a substance composed of certain cabalistic characters engraved on stone, metal, or other material, or else written on slips of paper." Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing It may be an amulet, a cabalistic symbol, an incantation, a bread-pill, or even sudden fright. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery With certain cabalistic words and occult rites the puppets were next secretly hidden beneath an altar whereon the mass was celebrated, and the mysterious "sacrifice" was believed to complete the efficacy of the charm. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 The young man intimated by these cabalistic words that the part of Hatteraick was to be his in any future play-acting. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North "No mistake about those features," he remarked to himself with evident satisfaction as, turning the photographic print, he took note of certain cabalistic numbers written in the corner, scribbling them in pencil upon his blotting-pad. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime Cases in everyday typography are the signatures of books and the cabalistic symbols that indicate to the newspaper counting room the standing of advertisements. The Booklover and His Books Paracelsus was thoroughly imbued with the cabalistic theories prevalent in his time, and traced analogies between the stars and various portions of the human body. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery If I ever wished the old lion to put forth all the majesty of his indignation, I had only to whisper the cabalistic words, "Phonetic spelling!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 She made some cabalistic marks on a square of paper and turned to him with a somewhat startled expression, which faded at once, and the mocking eyes looked full into his as she went on. An American Suffragette Passing out of the door which led to liberty and to France, their luggage guaranteed by cabalistic chalk marks, were two women. The Lure of the Mask And turning the blade, Standish showed upon the reverse from the sun, moon, and stars, an ornamented medallion close to the hilt, containing certain cabalistic signs and marks. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Is it to be believed that an intelligent master would use these directions in any occult or cabalistic sense? The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern However, no one should doubt his heroic nature, inasmuch as the cabalistic letters "U. S." are distinctly branded upon his left flank. Second Book of Tales One of these he fastened to the top of his wife’s head, and blew on it three times with the utmost violence, at the same time uttering certain cabalistic words. The Pioneers Hence arose the use of amulets and cabalistic signs, or, rather, the common use, for they had been in evidence long prior to the foundation of this sect. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine It is like a cabalistic speech, throwing open to him the portals of Paradise. The Lone Ranche The City men expatiate in cabalistic language on the merits of some mysterious speculation, the prospective returns from which increase with each fresh bottle. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines The cabalistic books were ransacked for charms and mystic signs with which to resist the power of the conqueror, but all in vain. Rabbi and Priest A Story Here Mackenzie put ashore and proceeded to engage in some cabalistic pursuits which utterly confounded Muskrat. The Pioneers Thus the Catholic formulas, instead of living symbols, become dead and powerless cabalistic signs. Short Studies on Great Subjects The name is composed of seven letters, and seven is most characteristic of cabalistic numbers. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The old feudal merry and hearty ignorance has been everywhere corrupted by books and newspapers, learning and intelligence, the cabalistic words of modern life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 He was so generous that his purse was always open, and so full of unmixed pity that the beggars passed his name along and made cabalistic marks on his gateposts. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Armed with the cabalistic talisman, which was to guide him in his awful and difficult researches, Alroy commenced his pilgrimage to the Holy City. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity "Let me see," she mused, "what's this?" and she frowned over some cabalistic marks on her paper. The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats Occult sciences explain the cabalistic clavicles, Ezekiel and the Apocalypse, 731-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The later Jews speculated much, with many cabalistic refinements, on these different words. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It seemed as though he were standing within a cabalistic line which divided him from the world and life. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) No Latin letters, nor Arabic, nor Greek, no cabalistic signs, can ever express this device; and no hand is there may trace it in characters of flame on palace walls. The Well of Saint Clare The women of Saint Lawrence island, in addition to lines on the nose, forehead and chin, have uniformly a figure of strange design on the cheeks, which is suggestive of cabalistic import. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants They have no cabalistic rites nor magic formulas nor miraculous methods for producing wondrous effects. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Let us suffer ourselves to be blindfolded, and then turn around three times from left to right while our friend recites some cabalistic formula, incomprehensible of course to us. The Delight Makers "You said that if I carved certain cabalistic signs on the big beech-tree you would presently appear to me in a pink cloud—you faithless little wretch!" The Danger Mark His blanket is black, with white cabalistic signs. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People "One would think you had been making use of this very cabalistic sign all your life." The Chief Legatee To this appalling introduction succeeded many lines of close and delicate script, interspersed with curious cabalistic signs, in which that of the cross reversed could frequently be detected. The Black Douglas She was standing quite still, staring up at the cabalistic signs beneath which she was going to pass. Bella Donna A Novel Some more cabalistic signs then passed between my father and the lugger's skipper, as she stood away on her course, and in an hour was out of sight round the cape. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Sufficient if, following certain names on that long regimental roll, there should be duly entered those cabalistic symbols signifying to the initiated, "Killed in action." Bob Hampton of Placer The crystal wall of spectacles that bridged her nose seemed graven with the cabalistic words, "I've got you." Trifles for the Christmas Holidays With much twisting of fingers and cabalistic waving of hands, a worshiper would draw something from a bag purchased from the priest. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan And the vast plains of my native country are as a mystic scroll unrolled, scrawled with a cabalistic writ of infinite things. The River and I Very trivial; inferior of course to Casanova's immense cabalistic frauds, but it bears out my contention … Have you ever read the Memoirs? Mike Fletcher A Novel They had but been bidden to show their hands, and had then seen some cabalistic characters formed by the wise woman, from which she had told them all they wished to know. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Science is not the shibboleth of a sect or the cabalistic insignia of philosophy; it excludes all error and includes all Truth. No and Yes He travelled with an astrologer, and was taught cabalistic lore and the secrets of the stars, which he ever after believed to control his destiny. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German "If he means to blast us, wherefore hath he not spoken the cabalistic word ere this?" the prince demanded. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Madhva's exegesis is supported by a system of tantric or cabalistic interpretation in which every letter has a special meaning. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 "All these signs that you appear to consider so cabalistic form a language the clearest, the shortest, and the most logical, for all those who can read it." All Around the Moon They were classed, among the Hebrews, among the cabalistic sciences; they pretended to discover occult qualities in proper names; it was an oriental practice; and was caught by the Greeks. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 He liked to walk slowly up and down, and to talk to her softly of things obscure, cryptic, cabalistic. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance At his door she had knocked, and an old, evil-visaged man, in flowing robes which were marked in cabalistic signs, had opened the door. The Master Mystery A large book lay open before him, on the pages of which were inscribed cabalistic characters and strange figures. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One In the course of his wandering he had found a seal-ring, having for its device the cabalistic sign, invented by King Solomon the Wise, and of mighty power in all cases of enchantment. Washington Irving "I have, and he made no sign," laughed Pelham, who was not much enamoured of the cabalistic clap-trap of the Chain. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Strong finished with a cabalistic phrase: "Rectangular parallelopipedon." A Good Samaritan Ruth hugged the envelope and McClintock, with the end of a burnt match, drew a cabalistic sign. The Ragged Edge And the misanthrope cracked his whip and adjured his team with cabalistic imprecations. Judith of the Plains When he was absent thus one night, accompanied by others of the brethren, I visited his chamber, and examined his papers, some of which were covered with mystical figures and cabalistic characters. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest When the ship was sixteen days out the Chain consisted of thirty-one links, in the cabalistic language of the conspirators, and Shuffles was in favor of striking the blow. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat It was a sort of tattooing such as is seen only on thoroughbred savages—deep blue, elaborate, labyrinthine, cabalistic. Israel Potter To learn to put down rows of figures and find that one and one, cabalistically, made two, and two and two, four! Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative But before he could deny it thrice, a man who had heard the cabalistic name was making his way towards the desk, the pride of the traveller radiating from every feature. Judith of the Plains One side was covered with cabalistic characters, Eastern symbols, curious marks and hieroglyphics. The Baronet's Bride "Boy, what sawest thou?" said Kelly, not raising his head as he spoke, but intently poring over a grim volume of cabalistic symbols. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Tiffin-time found them at a well-known tea-house in Nanking Road—a tea-house with golden dragons climbing over its walls and long wooden signs bearing cabalistic figures swinging in the wind like so many banners. The Honorable Percival His name in the Madison catalogue was followed by a bewildering line of cabalistic letters testifying to the honor in which other institutions of learning held him. A Hoosier Chronicle Sam listened, his gnarled mahogany hand across his mouth, his shrewd gray eyes bent attentively on the cabalistic signs and scratches. The Silent Places She just glanced at the mystic symbols, the cabalistic signs and figures, and turned to the other side. The Baronet's Bride But 32 divided by 1, and an 'X' surmounted by a dot are cabalistic. The Wings of the Morning As a kind of assurance for the witnesses my brother affixed a character,—a kind of cabalistic design,—upon the will, assuring them it was placed on the will alone. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Kivi crouched to his place without a word, and the others arranged themselves behind him in fixed array, as though they had a cabalistic number-formation in mind. White Shadows in the South Seas My dear Lina, I have the cabalistic words that must draw you forth—listen! The Missing Bride Some were scribbling cabalistic signs on little bits of paper, and almost all were howling like maniacs or wild beasts half starved. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Then the door was opened by an old woman, whose arid face was cabalistic, and who looked as if she spent her existence in expecting a raid from the police. Flames In most of the conjuring tricks the conjurer would purposely make a partial failure in the first attempt; an assistant would then impart the necessary power by muttering cabalistic words over a monkey's skull. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Antonino, taking the pocketbook—a dainty article in Russian leather—went to the oaken chest which he opened after what seemed some cabalistic manipulation, and the muttering of what seemed an "Open Sesame!" The Son of Clemenceau The exact significance of this cabalistic description is known only to the members and their guests. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 01, January 1895 The Gothic Palaces of Venice The etcher was interested in the cabalistic arts. Promenades of an Impressionist He did not know why, nor did he know what "cabalistically" meant. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 Associated words: secretive, secretory, confide, confidential. secret, a. hidden, concealed, unrevealed, mysterious, cryptic, recondite, occult, esoteric, cabalistic, abstruse, unknown, latent; secluded, privy, withdrawn, retired, covert, private, sequestered; stealthy, underhand, clandestine, sly, surreptitious, confidential, undetected. Putnam's Word Book "All those signs that look so cabalistic to you form the clearest and most logical language for those who know how to read it." The Moon-Voyage Each year he found a new meaning in the cabalistic mysteries of numbers. Murder in Any Degree There were shops in which gold Buddhas shone and brass lamps for temple use, shops displaying queer utensils and mysterious little bits of things, whose secret was hidden in the cabalistic signs of Chinese script. Kimono It was a green board, somewhat larger than an ordinary billiard-table, with mysterious boundaries traced here and there in yellow and red, and a cabalistic table of figures towards each end. In the Days of My Youth Abraxas stones, stones with cabalistic figures on them used as talismans. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge They were steeped in the mists of German philosophy and the cabalistic mysteries of the old Orient; and all had the boyish and inert breasts of angels, all were sexless. Against the Grain He paused, and then made some marks, like cabalistic signs, which are still to be seen on the paper. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert A strange fascination, doubtless, these crafty men found in the cabalistic characters and hidden processes of reasoning peculiar to this science. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 The dark walls did look most awful, seen through the dun yellow light of the fog, which met my view upon drawing aside the cabalistically hung curtains. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 Zohar, a Jewish book of cabalistic commentaries on the Old Testament. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Indeed, "the system of Lord Bacon" became a sort of cabalistic phrase. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 I asked, taking up one of the packages, and trying in vain to decipher the cabalistic sign upon it. Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 When he had finished his dashing sketch of this glory, so transitory, he peppered the whole with cabalistic cipher, which only he could interpret into beauty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Its cabalistic characters can be read by the eye, the ear, and the touch. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. The Devil's Dictionary Superstitious, like all desperate gamesters, Scot had often tried magical and cabalistic numbers, in the hope of discovering lucky numbers in the lottery, or at the roulette tables. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "All these signs, which seem cabalistic to you, form the plainest, the clearest, and the most logical language to those who know how to read it." From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The notable charm which the quack had given was afterwards opened, and found to be a piece of parchment, covered with some cabalistic characters and signs of the planets. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Mr Abel will place his name against the other wafer, repeating the same cabalistic words, and the business is over. The Old Curiosity Shop If one man wished to insult or annoy another, he had only to make use of this cabalistic sign in his face, and his object was accomplished. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 He had in his possession a cabalistic manuscript, containing various arithmetical combinations of the kind, which he submitted to Cagliostro, with an urgent request that he would select a number. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The man in the brown coat, with the cabalistic documents in his pocket, was no other than our old acquaintance Mr. Jackson, of the house of Dodson & Fogg, Freeman's Court, Cornhill. The Pickwick Papers Out came Meg, with gray horsehair hanging about her face, a red and black robe, a staff, and cabalistic signs upon her cloak. Little Women There was a black scarf ornamented with white crosses, papers with cabalistic signs, and sundry other exhibits which appear to have created superstitious fear in the crowd about the court. She Stands Accused It was the ideal of "book-learning"; the curiosity, born of compulsory ignorance, to know and test the power of the cabalistic letters of the white man, the longing to know. The Souls of Black Folk When it came to be opened, they found to their horror that it was filled only with slates, scratched with hieroglyphic and cabalistic characters. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 It was the ideal of "book-learning;" the curiosity, born of compulsory ignorance, to know and test the power of the cabalistic letters of the white man, the longing to know. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue In addition to the word Abraxas and other mystical characters, they have often cabalistic figures engraved on them. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Some emigrants saw the cabalistic inscription all along the roadside, and they twisted the initials into a name for their State. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 They imprint certain cabalistic tokens of ownership on the logs,--crosses, xs, stars, crescents, alphabetical letters,--marks respected all along the rivers and lakes down to the boom where the sticks are garnered for market. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 He constructed a small horse of bronze, upon which he inscribed certain cabalistic characters, and buried it at midnight in the midst of the highway. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 She shook her head and he fell back, bowing respectfully, his hand tracing cabalistic signs across his heart. The Pawns Count There were pages of figures and cabalistic entries that no ordinary person could make anything of. The Crimson Blind He put down, in cabalistic signs, 'Hyacinth's dinner, eight o'clock.' Love's Shadow The General's son opened the strange envelope forwarded by a postal service so hazardous, and unrolled a morsel of paper which seemed to be covered with cabalistic signs. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places These were handed to him, and, running his eye through them, he drew his knife across one of the pages, and put at the bottom the cabalistic mark which indicated the end of the copy. From Whose Bourne His "heresies" had led him to experience this cabalistic treatment. Authors and Friends "Does your Majesty know the meaning of these cabalistic letters on the dagger's hilt and on the parchment?" The Strong Arm Various old parchments, covered with quaint cabalistic figures, were tacked against the walls. The Ghost of Guir House What did these elaborate notes, with their cabalistic signs and abbreviations—whether as to the needs of customers, or the whereabouts of books, or the history of prices—mean or matter? The History of David Grieve A stormy scene ensued between the regent and the Duke de Bourbon, little to the credit of either, both having been deeply implicated in the cabalistic operations of the system. The Crayon Papers The slight crowd grins and the evangelist, his mind bubbling with a cabalistic jargon remembered out of musty books, tries to explain something that seems vivid in his heart but vague to his tongue. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago In front of them upon a small mat lay an earthenware pitcher of water and half-a-loaf of bread, together with a sheet of paper inscribed with certain cabalistic characters. The Mystery of Cloomber In his ears he wore two huge gold rings, chased in cabalistic characters of strange design. Virgilia or, out of the Lion's Mouth Even Kepler, the discoverer of the three great laws that stand as the foundation of the Copernican system of the universe, was in his investigations under the influence of astrological and cabalistic superstitions. Steam, Steel and Electricity Some were written in the Eastern character, and others concealed their sense or nonsense under the veil of hieroglyphics and cabalistic characters. Quentin Durward Mrs. Nieve boasted that, by just saying a few cabalistic words over a sick cow, she could heal it. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America But I don't, except to make floating rings and cabalistic signs out of cigarette smoke. The Fighting Chance The cloth upon which were the cabalistic signs was headed with certain words, which were all but illegible, and this he managed to construe. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Amongst these now neglected images are preserved a vast number of talismans, cabalistic amulets, and other grotesque relics of ancient credulity. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents The dervise accordingly laid himself on a sopha, and by means of certain cabalistic words, transported his soul into the body of the nightingale, and began to sing. Lives of the Necromancers Instead of a signature a cabalistic figure was drawn below it, and then the words were added: The bearer can be trusted. At Agincourt There is the story of the enterprising mouse, who, at one o'clock precisely, ran down the clock to the cabalistic tune of "Dickory, dickory, dock." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 Upon one of these pieces of cotton were certain cabalistic signs, such as figures, algebraical marks, and geometrical figures. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece In the midst appears a marble fount with an image of bronze, that looks quite strange and cabalistic. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents When one comes across a manuscript bespattered with such cabalistic signs as "R.2.E.," Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship As I was destined to find, there lay a deeper, more cabalistic meaning in the motto than any I had been able to dream of. Prince Zaleski Adj. concealed &c. v.; hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical†; private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate; tortuous. behind a screen &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases In the center of this platform was placed a table, over which was spread a piece of black cloth adorned with skulls and cabalistic signs. The Reign of Greed Reading and explaining aloud, he inscribed the cabalistic signs of correction in the margin of his proof, and she faithfully copied them in the margin of hers, for practice. "l.c.," he intoned. Hilda Lessways There was another one which practised cabalistic and other mysteries. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The cabalistic formula always turned out to be this:--"Take your humble servant for four years at the White House; if no cure is effected, repeat the dose." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 There is nothing either harrowing or cabalistic in the place; and you can see nothing but two forms, a screen, and a crucifix. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston After the locomotive came the closed and mysterious box-cars, important with big numbers and initials in cabalistic sequence, indicating a wide and exciting range of travels. The Boss of Little Arcady "The sight of the button on the stranger's lapel caused Wilkes to give him the cabalistic sign and ask his ____ assistance." The Century Vocabulary Builder I own that I am not very learned in cabalistic lore, my master having perished at the beginning of my initiation. The Queen Pedauque Therefore it was that at midnight the father rose and went forth with cabalistic signs, skilfully adapted to keep the spectres at a distance. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic I have turned over volumes, which, from the pot-hooks I was obliged to decipher, might have been the cabalistic manuscripts of Cornelius Agrippa, although I never saw "the door open and the devil come in." The Monastery The man, she reflected, who could force those cabalistic symbols to reveal anything worth knowing must indeed be a genius, and one who deserved not to be disturbed, even for a tea party. Stella Fregelius Regarding the cabalistic words and phrases, things which had long given me great trouble to get any comprehension of, the Doctor gave me great help. Travels in West Africa The Neo- Platonism lay at the foundation; the hermetical, the mystical, the cabalistic, also contributed their share; and thus I built for myself a world that looked strange enough. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life When the caisson exploded, each swiftly wrote a few cabalistic symbols. An Original Belle I forgot to get three leaves from the tulip tree, you must send them to me in a letter, it is for something cabalistic. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Rich Oriental hangings were on the walls, interspersed with cabalistic signs, while at one end was a raised dais. The Treasure-Train Incantations may be divided into two classes, supplications analogous to our idea of prayers, and certain cabalistic words and phrases. Travels in West Africa We passed soon into another room, hung entirely in red, with weird, cabalistic signs all about, on the walls. The War Terror There was weirdness in its colour, almost cabalistic—a call out of the occult. The Blind Spot As he gazed, the scene changed, and he saw himself in a darkened room with cabalistic hangings. The Valley of Decision As we advanced, these various parties ceased their buzzing, and in explanation of our appearance among them, listened to a few cabalistic words from our guide. Omoo Did you see what the cabalistic word gentleman means to those rascals: Steal, cheat, assassinate, but have carriages perfectly appointed, a magnificent mansion, well-served dinners, and fine clothes!... Cosmopolis — Complete Did you see what the cabalistic word gentleman means to those rascals: Steal, cheat, assassinate, but have carriages perfectly appointed, a magnificent mansion, well-served dinners, and fine clothes!…. Cosmopolis — Volume 2 Hereon were graven certain cabalistic signs, and many figures of men and animals, fishes, reptiles and birds; suns and stars; and many quaint symbols. The Jewel of Seven Stars The walls of this apartment had been concealed under hangings of black silk worked with cabalistic devices. The Valley of Decision There is a cabalistic language in love, Laura—unknown to any but those who really do love, but learnt in a moment, when the mighty secret is communicated to our hearts. The King's Highway But by the will of Allah Almighty he had clean forgotten the cabalistic words and cried out, "Open, O Barley!" whereat the door refused to move. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 The proprietor, who acted as his own clerk, drew the book toward him, and after some time, deciphered the cabalistic signs. The Puppet Crown The hieroglyphic and cabalistic symbols cut in the rock were so managed as to disguise it. The Jewel of Seven Stars The letters she received were equally learned, and the fragments Mrs. Farquhar was permitted to hear were so interrupted by these cabalistic expressions that she finally begged to be excused. Their Pilgrimage In the course of his wandering he had found a seal-ring, having for its device the cabalistic sign invented by King Solomon the Wise, and of mighty power in all cases of enchantment. Washington Irving A dark goblin seized her, mounted a Stygian stairway, thrust her into a vault with a glimmer of light in its top and muttered the menacing and cabalistic words "Two dollars!" The Four Million Equally so the rites, ceremonies, and nature of the cabalistic order he established. Zanoni This cabalistic sun seems to tremble before the eye, and fills the wan cell with its mysterious radiance. Notre-Dame De Paris His intention of killing Napoleon and his calculations of the cabalistic number of the beast of the Apocalypse now seemed to him meaningless and even ridiculous. War and Peace I glanced down at the flimsy blackened pages whose very handwriting seemed cabalistic, incomprehensible to the experience of Western Europe. Under Western Eyes Mittens, too, were visible covered with cabalistic inscriptions in glittering beadwork. The Prophet of Berkeley Square Two wands were held in her taper fingers, whose mystery only added to the general curiosity, but whose weird and cabalistic uses were to be seen later. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques This, as you know, is a cabalistic speciality accredited in all countries. Mauprat A vast quantity of wheels, pinions, and other cabalistic—looking machinery stood opposite the hole, close to it; and through the hole there passed an iron rod from the machinery. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 There had been the cabalistic question of sex ever in front of him, a thing that troubled and deterred him. Michael They draw the cabalistic circle around their victim. The Unknown Guest She was indeed alone, in the centre of the ballroom—with outstretched arms revolving in an occult, weird, dreamy, mystic, druidical, cabalistic circle. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques This, according to the gossips, was a cabalistic formula of his; and whenever he had been heard to pronounce it, some misfortune had happened to the individual who had offended him. Mauprat With all the gravity of a real sorcerer, I solemnly thrust a pin through a lighted candle, and pronounced some cabalistic words. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life The cabalistic doctrine presented in this Study is that taught by this mysterious personage. Catherine De Medici The man's whole life lies in this fantastic juxtaposition of seven letters; seven! the most significant of all the cabalistic numbers. Z. Marcas There is a way of cutting off the world: I have it at times completely: I lose it again, as if it were a cabalistic phrase one had to utter. The Egoist There passed among the three a series of cabalistic signs. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed Then she would write an illegible scrawl with a cabalistic letter, and bring it down reverently, and show it the patient, and "Could he read that?" The Cloister and the Hearth Entering my new quarters I soon discovered about me various cabalistic signs, some of them evidently made by heating large iron keys, and pressing them against the woodwork. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 I should have mentioned that before leaving my black people I had provided myself with what I may term a native passport—a kind of Masonic mystic stick, inscribed with certain cabalistic characters. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont |
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