| 单词 | conjurer |
| 例句 | He got up on the stage and the conjurer waved his cape over the boy’s head twice. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I remembered him jacklegging my fish, I remembered him telling confusing tales to the new-free folks, I remembered him thinking ’bout making me travel with that conjurer, Sir Charles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer reached his hand to the Preacher and said, “Why, thank you, sir. Whom do I have the honour of addressing?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The Preacher gave me a hard look then told the conjurer, “Plus, of course, he’s fluent in Chochote.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer said, “What is your name, boy?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She even called in the old man that they said could conjure, though she doubted that any conjurer in the world could save this child. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It would cost you a whole quarter of a American dollar to go in the tent and see the conjurer do this! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z There is often entertainment of some sort or another: dancers, conjurers, exotic musicians. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z MaWee waited on the conjurer to nod then lit ’em all up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer’s eyes rolled back in his head and their place was took right away by another set of eyes! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer took a long pull on his cigar and blowed the smoke to the side, then said, “And what may I do for you, sir?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Other people are born with talents like yours. You’ve heard of them, I’m sure: seers, conjurers, makers of magic weapons. Most legendary figures have some sort of ability that makes them noteworthy. ” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The conjurer waved his cape again and called out, “You are no longer a chicken, you are a boy again! But wait, the weather has changed! It’s positively freezing in here!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer said, “Look even more deeply into my eyes!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The Preacher and the conjurer stopped talking and Sir Charles told MaWee, “Go light the candles as if it’s a show.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer and the other white man looked at each other. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer said, “Start breaking things down in here, boy. I want to leave by noon tomorrow. Red, go see if Madame Sabbar is all right. Reverend, we need to talk.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Was it a god, a demon, some conjurer's trick? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The conjurer said, “My word, Reverend, you didn’t exaggerate in the least. I think little Ahbo will fit very nicely into our family.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He snapped his fingers again and the boy’s eyes came open and were staring di-rect at the conjurer! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z One of the conjurer’s eyebrows raised up and he said, “Indeed? To my ear it sounds as if the boy is very Canadian.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer waved his cape over the boy’s head again and said, “Look into my eyes! Look deeply into my eyes!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Then he opened both dead eyes at once then both live ones till by and by your head was back to whirling and you knowed this boy had been wrong, this conjurer was real! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer winked at the big, rough, red-hair white man and said, “If he can do that, he must have an unusually keen eye. Could he, mayhap, demonstrate his skill some other way?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was like a conjurer’s trick, the swift disappearance of his hostility. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Magicians, conjurers, etcetera. No need for lovely assistants at this time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The conjurer looked back at me and said loud and slow, “Do...you...speak...any...English?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer was slow as anything peering hard at everyone in the crowd. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Sammy stopped with one foot in the air and looked back at the conjurer. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer said, “When I count to three you will open your eyes and hear no voice other than mine! One...two...three!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The conjurer said, “Pity that. But wait, do I understand you to be saying that this boy can catch a fish underwater? By throwing a stone?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Those words hadn’t had no chance to sink in good when the conjurer on stage came to life. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I’d had no idea it took such effort being a spirit conjurer. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In reality, Méliès, a former conjurer and magician, did the same: he was rediscovered working in a Montparnasse toyshop, and his films were restored as iconic treasures of silent cinema. Brian Selznick: how Scorsese's Hugo drew inspiration from his magical book 2012-02-11T19:26:44Z But Tucker is like the Bear Grylls of stage conjurers: He knows how to survive on the barest of resources. Review | The small-cast ‘Saint Joan’ at Folger Theatre is a mighty big deal. 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Hals is a joyous virtuoso and – as I learned before I could read but forgot for ages – something more: a demonic conjurer of souls. The genius of Frans Hals 2010-09-24T15:22:00Z Via Firth's Stanley Crawford, a supercilious Brit known to the world as Wei Ling Soo — famous Chinese conjurer, great debunker of psychic mediums — the film ponders the possibility of an afterlife. 'Magic in the Moonlight' is an amusing trifle of a film 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s an emotional trigger and conjurer of memory. A Mother’s Death, a Daughter’s Life: Remembering Natalie Wood 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The Actors’ Gang is currently populated by conjurers, strongmen, snake charmers, fat ladies and headless wonders associated with a sideshow known as “Captain Greedy’s Carnival” — or, to use its more conventional name: capitalism. Capitalism as a sideshow fleece: That's 'Captain Greedy's Carnival' by the Actors' Gang 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Just as he has established himself as the country's only magician, another emerges, seemingly in answer to the prophesy of a wild-eyed street conjurer. 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' conjures literate magic world 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Even an airstrip gas station sells gear for warding off conjurers. ‘Spell’ Review: Occult Reprogramming 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The emperors of Impressionism - Renoir, Morisot, Manet, Tissot - as seen through the prism of fashion are not just painters, but conjurers of the most beautiful silhouettes, capturing the evolution of 19th-century style. | More on Where to Go Between the Shows in Paris 2012-09-26T12:02:19Z Pictured here is her daughter, also named Marie, who also worked as a conjurer when her mother passed. Sightseeing for History (With a Few Selfies Along the Way) 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Magic — the ability to make people believe something that isn’t true — has long been an in-person contest between the conjurer’s finely honed skills and the spectator’s untrained eyes. What if They Could Make the Pandemic Go Poof? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z That conjurer’s panache of a reveal is achieved through cleverly withheld information, alluring blind alleys and pungent red herrings. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He also happened to be an accomplished stage conjurer. Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z I was six or five when a conjurer opened my knotted fist and I held in my palm the whole of the sky. Roadside Poem Combats Pollution — Literally 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z For that is what it is – he is the supreme conjurer, the king of the art of misdirection. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z At its heart is a fantastical conceit: music as a conjurer of miracles. Science fiction and fantasy – reviews 2012-10-05T07:00:03Z STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England — Picture this: It’s the first act of “The Tempest,” and the shipwrecked conjurer Prospero is reminding the spirit Ariel of his miserable past — 12 years imprisoned by a witch inside a “cloven pine.” At This ‘Tempest,’ Digital Wizardry Makes ‘Rough Magic’ 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z For example, Robert-Houdin neatly declared that “the conjurer is an actor playing the part of a magician.” Review | How do they do that? ‘The Secret History of Magic’ is a study of deception as art 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The moment reminds Kinbote of one from his childhood, when he watched “a conjurer . . . quietly consuming a vanilla ice.” Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z It was a neat conjurer’s trick on a show that has been defined by its abundance of them: unannounced flashes forward and back, characters with hidden motives or identities, confounding twists both large and small. What Is ‘Westworld’ Without Westworld? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z But Du — now the Pulitzer Prize-winning conjurer of exhilaratingly elusive and often moving sound worlds — did have a rich community of artistic collaborators. Cosmic Stories: Du Yun Revisits Her Earliest Music Theater 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In the end, a good artist is a conjurer or even, as Beuys claimed for himself, a shaman. Michael Landy's art goes down the tube 2011-07-20T12:20:58Z What separates Ms. Lipnik from every other conjurer of the otherworldly is her phenomenal voice. Review: Carol Lipnik, a Bewitching Blend of Comedy and Mysticism 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z “She’s arriving fully hatched as a significant thinker and literary conjurer.” Random House Makes a Big Bet on Emma Cline's Debut Novel 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z As it turns out, it doesn’t matter whether he was lying or not, and any conjurer reintegration plan he may have had is likely as gone with the wind as he is. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: 'Awakening' of Katrina 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z He became a craftsman and a conjurer, and not the kind of makeup artist known for making people prettier. Dick Smith Dies at 92; Makeup Artist of Vast Reach 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Following the announcement of Ali’s death this weekend, this gift was summed up by another American conjurer, Bob Dylan, the star of Pennebaker’s film “Dont Look Back.” Muhammad Ali at Fighter’s Heaven 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z “The Present,” created by the Portuguese conjurer Helder Guimarães, is a magic show, and I struggle to imagine a setting and sobriety level less conducive to enchantment. Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Rowling's seven novels about the young wizard's indoctrination into a secret world of sorcery and his epic battles with evil conjurer Voldemort. 'Potter' takes down Batman with $168.6M weekend 2011-07-17T22:01:04Z Soft-spoken and presenting a beguiling, open face — one might call it “innocent” — the modern conjurer was unfailingly polite and forthcoming in a recent video interview. Derek DelGaudio and the Great Unburdening of Secrets 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z There are complications when the conjurers, who are losing their hold on the uneducated laborers of the plantation, capture Treemonisha and threaten to throw her into a nest of wasps. Critic?s Notebook: For City Opera, Spare Show May Signal Future 2011-06-07T22:00:29Z But Smallwood, on the evidence of this one book — and one can only eagerly await more — is a delightfully stylish rambler; a conjurer of a heightened, carefully choreographed version of consciousness. A Debut Novel With Prose as Lively as Its Heroine’s Mind 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The haunted pasts of a group of transient housemates, including a conjurer, a craftsman and a young musician. August Wilson on Broadway: A History 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z With this unique and strangely bewitching work Mr. Greenspan, a quirky downtown actor and an avant-garde playwright, proves himself once again to be a theatrical conjurer of rare gifts. 2010-01-12T07:09:00Z The next week, also on Facebook Live, Victoria Noquez — math professor by day, conjurer by night — performed sociable card tricks and Sudoku variations, with occasional riffs on prime number theory. Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Willard Chase hired a conjurer to help a posse of disgruntled locals discover where Joseph had hidden the plates. The Book of Mormon’s foggy origins 2012-08-12T16:01:00Z When a band of conjurers tries to sell a “bag of luck” to her gullible mother, Treemonisha intervenes and banishes them. Critic?s Notebook: For City Opera, Spare Show May Signal Future 2011-06-07T22:00:29Z Reality and fantasy seem to commingle in Shade, who melts together, in Kinbote’s mind, with the conjurer, appearing hazily out of the past. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “The Illusionists” starring seven international stars of magic - ranging from a card conjurer to a wizard with a crossbow - will play the Marriott Marquis Theatre from Nov. 26-Jan. Broadway conjures magic with ‘The Illusionists’ 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Saturdays typically find conjurers getting together to talk shop and share tricks. Sleight of Hand in Midtown, Beyond Three-Card Monte 2011-06-23T21:04:32Z Since its debut, “The Pavilion” has often been compared to “Our Town,” but the tone Mr. Barrish takes is less folksy Stage Manager than wise, poetical conjurer. Review: ‘The Pavilion,’ a Class Reunion Drama, at Barrow Group Theater 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Hadzihalilovic is an expert conjurer of other worlds, and “Earwig” unearths a startlingly seductive array of visual and sonic textures that don’t quite add up to much more than a powerful mood. ‘Earwig’ Review: Danse Macabre 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z If doing the Saturday crossword in pen seems like a magic trick, prepare yourself for David Kwong, a conjurer and a cruciverbalist. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The show emphasized Saar as a sort of political conjurer, endowing the everyday totems of subjugation with the vibrations of liberation. MOMA’s Heady Introduction to Betye Saar, “The Conscience of the Art World” 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Before you have quite registered her presence, she is shaking your hand and offering tea, the moment like some deft conjurer’s trick. Dita Von Teese, From Burlesque to a Brand 2012-11-24T00:05:20Z With a conjurer's practiced blandness, Abrams simply says, "I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective." Secret's Out 2011-06-02T10:15:00Z LOS ANGELES—Long ago, in the groovy haze of time, the master conjurer Ricky Jay attended a party at the Las Vegas estate of the extravagant entertainers Siegfried and Roy. The Curious, Astounding Collection of the Magician Ricky Jay 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z An essential conduit between actors and producers, the casting agent is equal parts drama critic, matchmaker and conjurer. 2010-01-12T06:45:00Z The mood of the film suggests a quasi-religious séance in which Mr. Sutton acts as a conjurer of elusive truths about the city and its heady musical culture. ‘Memphis,’ From Tim Sutton, Mixes Music and Mysticism 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In a 1952 interview with Dahl for Argosy Magazine, he spoke about being fascinated by magic after a performance by an Indian conjurer who went by the name of Professor Moor. Kuda Bux: The Indian magician who charmed the West with his 'X-ray eyes' 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Donald J. Trump is like the conjurer of a national apocalyptic seance. Who was the mystery "MAGA rabbi" who prayed with Trump? We found him 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z "He's a conjurer, he's a magician, he's a high wire artist, and he's a communicator extraordinaire. He is, I'll say it again, a radio genius, and he will always be a radio hero." Steve Wright hosts his final BBC Radio 2 afternoon show 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The script was now in the hands of the conjurers, the magicians, the scientists and that is what people want to hear about. Writing 'Spencer' as a non-biopic? A foolish choice perhaps, but one that worked 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Anansi and Br’er Rabbit get their way through clever dissembling, despite being smaller and physically weaker than their compatriots; conjurers use sorcery and a knowledge of their more literal roots: herbal medicine. How Black Horror Became America’s Most Powerful Cinematic Genre 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It is true that “supremacy” is not a magic word, that its meaning comes from convention, not conjurers. Physicists Need to Be More Careful with How They Name Things 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Her painted conjurers are presented on found fabrics and antique frames, along with sculptures and works of photographic collage. Datebook: Lezley Saar conjures magical beings in a solo show at Walter Maciel 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “The chip is like a conjurer’s sleight of hand that turns an egg into a billiard ball, a necessity of life into a plaything, reality into illusion,” Mr. Alvarez wrote. Al Alvarez, British critic and author who championed poetry and poker, dies at 90 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z That carelessness has resulted in a new, ugly chapter in a long story of fragile Anglo-Irish relations and the political conjurers of today are struggling to find a suitable trick. Paths from the past: historians make sense of Brexit and our current political turmoil 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z “Let me share with you a fact that has never been stated in the press, or reported on the nightly news, or even spoken amongst ourselves,” he declares, with a conjurer’s flourish. The Vexing Analogies of “Fahrenheit 11/9” 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z She discovered that among the literally thousands of acts — stand-up comics, sketch comedians, monologuists, performance artists, conjurers — was her upstairs neighbor, Mark. Perspective | The mystery of things going bump in the night. And in the day. 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Mr Sorcar carefully cultivated American conjurers who toured India during the Second World War to entertain troops, and wrote articles for magic magazines. The 'maharajah of magic' who terrified the UK 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z “He commanded the audience, mesmerizing everyone with his language and intonation. He was preacher, magician, and conjurer.” Vincent Scully, Yale scholar who explored architecture’s humanizing force, dies at 97 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The little conjurer who tells that story assumes -- Ozlike -- that s/he's in charge. Opinion | Buddhism Is More ‘Western’ Than You Think 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Trick or Treat — This halfway house for witches on Hemlock Lane finds the evil, often-cackling conjurers on the hunt for souls of unfortunate visitors wandering into their lair. Best horror attractions 2017: Kings Dominion’s ‘Halloween Haunt’ (Doswell, Virginia) 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z The writer and musician James McBride proves once again that he is a master conjurer of African Americana with his new book of charmed, imaginative short stories, “Five-Carat Soul.” ‘Five-Carat Soul’: James McBride’s new short-story collection is a charmed one 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z If the conjurer is not sipping a cup of joe at The Green Bean Roasting Co., he is performing in front of wedding guests or kids at birthday parties, he said. Homicide detective’s magic touch: Card tricks 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The one whom his hometown paper, the Austin American-Statesman, calls “an ingenious and indefatigable conjurer of conspiracy theories about sinister global elites seeking to enslave the masses.” Here’s the scariest part of Alex Jones’ “performance art” defense 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But Tesla’s share value inordinately depends on Mr. Musk’s reputation as a genius and capitalist conjurer. Minority Shareholders Wise Up in 2016 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Even as his last film, the kaiju monster movie “Pacific Rim,” proved, there may be no better conjurer of color in movies right now. Review: Del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak’ casts a gothic spell 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z At most, these three conjurers have demonstrated temperaments unbecoming of leadership while insulting thoughtful Republicans who deserve better. The GOP’s clash of ridiculous cliches 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z BST06:27 24 min: As ever, Silva is the chief conjurer for City. Roma v Manchester City: pre-season friendly – live! 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He was a widower, a labourer, and true to his roots a conjurer and sleight-of-hand performer. The story of the couple in the 'Deaf and Dumb Wedding' of 1940 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The daily Saudi Gazette editorialized last week: "Tehran is up to the same old tricks, but with a different conjurer." Analysis: Saudi feud too bitter for new Iran president to fix 2013-08-13T06:03:02Z They were an oddly bloodless bunch, for conjurers, but spoke well and seemed to understand salary caps. Essay: Cleveland Sports: Disappointing Fans Since 1964 2013-05-13T17:35:10Z Examples ascribed to ancient Roman conjurers date back to 3 B.C., and some claim it goes back further to ancient Egypt. Magic Revealed: Cups Trick Found to Be More Effective Than Thought 2013-02-12T23:15:00.277Z But like a good conjurer, everyone is watching one move, while something more important is happening almost out of sight. Twitter Risks Their Most Valuable Asset As They Remove TwitPic And Other Image Services From Mobile Client 2012-09-18T18:17:08Z She keeps producing girls out of her muff like a conjurer, whenever she comes to see me. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Spiritualism, if true, demonstrates this and that about the unseen; but spiritualism, proved to be untrue, lacks half the dexterity of an astute conjurer, and the whole of his honesty. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z His affairs have prospered steadily, fortunes springing up at his command like fruit trees beneath the hand of a Hindoo conjurer. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Eumenides is overtaken by the ghost of Jack, who becomes his servant, or “copartner,” provides him with money, and slays the conjurer while invisible, thus breaking the spell of all the enchanted persons. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z Thus did Peg Woffington, a queen of her century's actresses and consummate heart conjurer, make her professional debut. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z They try to creep out of their own confident recommendations of the enquiry by declaring that "Mr. Home is a clever conjurer, who has duped us all." Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z And there was a conjurer with a gaping crowd, a quack extracting teeth, a ballad singer. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z It is instructive to observe how the constitutional units at first so harmlessly simple, grow under the conjurer's hands until they become more marvellous than Clerk Maxwell's "sorting demons." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Eumenides pays all his money except three farthings to bury the body of Jack, while the conjurer compels Delia to goad her brothers at the work to which he has set them. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z As soon as I saw her drop the bag I picked it up and hurried after her, but she suddenly disappeared like a conjurer’s trick. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z As early as 1571 he complains, in the preface to his ‘English Euclid,’ that he is jeered at by the populace as a conjurer. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z A lithographic print of a conjurer pointing with his magic wand to a table on which are cups, a lanthorn, &c. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Ignorance and superstition render them easy dupes to their teachers, doctors, prophets, conjurers; to artful, designing men. Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z No conjurer had been able to help her, no god would take pity on her. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "You must be a conjurer or a clairvoyant," I said, smiling. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z But no; the conjurer swore freely—‘Be gone—be gone about your business; go and look for your horse.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Some females enter the conjurer’s study to have their fortunes told. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Several of the Indians being very ill, the conjurers, who are always the doctors, and pretend to perform great cures, began to try their skill to effect their recovery. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z I said, 'can't you see that all this is only a conjurer's trick? The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Nothing can ever dim the glory of Wagner the conjurer of tones. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z Dr. Dee, you must know, was a great conjurer in the days of Queen Elizabeth, and has written a folio of the dialogues he held with his imps. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z He was not aware that, like a conjurer's trick, it was only a question of knowing how it was done, and Guingamp would come as glibly to his tongue as Slough or Upton. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z In the middle of this house, or tent, the patient is laid, and is soon followed by the conjurer, or conjurers. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The conjurer twists first one, then two, butterflies out of a bit of white paper, and, by means of a fan, causes them to fly and poise as if they were coquetting with July breezes. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z But they, nevertheless, put a certain amount of faith in conjurers—cunning men or women who profess to be able to insure them a good supply of seals or walrus, and protection from Arctic dangers. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The Countess, however, was not to be diverted from her object, and, after Forman’s death, employed two or three other conjurers—one Gresham, and a Doctor Lavoire, or Savory, being specially mentioned. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z I'll turn conjurer—fire-eater—mountebank;—set the fools agape at fairs and pastimes. 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 A third class, far more numerous than both of these, is sure that any one who holds either of these beliefs is a dupe of conjurers, or the victim of his own disordered brain. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z "And if it were to be known you had gone out to meet this conjurer, Judith, what would your mother and sister say?—and your father?" Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Their acts, however, were as much tricks as are the mysterious capers of a conjurer. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The wonderful pneumatic and electric system of tubes and railways which connects the delivery and stackrooms and keeps this vast collection of books, pamphlets and magazines in circulation, smacks almost of the conjurer's craft. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Believing that she was "conjured," he insisted that the conjurer take the "spell" off. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z It was sufficient for his heroes to be illustrious through rank, to endow them with a blind faith in all conjurers. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z First, one, and then the other, fairly screams out some exclamation as though I were a conjurer, and you could cot comprehend my words or actions. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z In many of the most astonishing feats of the conjurer, and especially of the Indian fakir, suggestion and the imagination are brought into service to aid in producing the illusions. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z He passed, throughout a circle of several miles, as a conjurer and skilful adept in the art of magic. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z The "conjurer" told Simon that Elsie had "lizards and roaches" in her ear, and that they must come out. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z "And now having established my character as a conjurer I think I must say good-night," said I. "But how did you find it out?" In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z Books of magic are displayed, and conjurers' outfits—shell games and disappearing rabbits. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Catherine Ray was not far wrong when she spoke of Franklin as a conjurer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The curious old volume is still in possession of the conjurer's family. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z At the appointed time the "conjurer" came, having lizards and roaches in a box up his sleeve. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z And some of these casuists, particularly Aureolus, say, it is lawful on such an occasion to go to such a conjurer, because the end is not conjuration, but freeing a person from it. 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 What these officers could do obviously the professional conjurer can do, no less the humbug and quack who swindles money out of the credulous and superstitious. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z But they were mostly undone by the ball that moved away from their groping bats more quickly than a conjurer's sleight of hand. England's batsmen are undone by India's old routine at Trent Bridge 2011-07-29T18:06:12Z The railroad, the newspaper, and the influx of foreign population, have combined to frighten away ghost, conjurer, and witch, or to drive them up into the mountainous districts. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z It is ready to welcome the wandering conjurer and the strolling juggler. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Well, the manifestations of a conjurer are occasionally astounding. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z This is a most effective illusion, and will deceive even the conjurers. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z With a commiserating look the carman reached for the food, and concealed it like an expert conjurer. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The conjurer mounted into the air, and was carried away by a whirlwind. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z A conjurer needs to be dexterous, altho more than one master of modern magic, notably Robert Heller, has not been pre-eminent in the possession of this qualification. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Suppose we glance at the possible alternative—viz. that Home was a conjurer of consummate skill and ingenuity. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z This pass, which I have found practical in every way, was given to me by Mr. George Newman, a very clever amateur conjurer. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer holds the card in his left hand with its face towards the audience, and his thumb and lingers pointing upwards. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z Some of the kings, when they heard Merlin speak thus, marveled and believed him; but others, as King Lot, laughed him and his words to scorn, and mocked him for a conjurer and wizard. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z He was the first to formulate the fundamental principle of the modern art of magic—that a conjurer should be "an actor playing the part of a magician." A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Hence extreme caution is necessary, and full control must be allowed to the observers—a thing which conjurers never really allow. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z Says Edwin Sachs, the eminent English authority on legerdemain:—"If I wanted to test a conjurer's ability, I should give him this trick to perform." Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer advances to someone with the request that a card may be chosen. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "I'll roll up my sleeves, gentlemen, to show you that I have nothing concealed there," said Frank, in his best conjurer's style. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z II It is because Robert-Houdin was seemingly the first conjurer to adopt these principles as his irrefragable code of procedure that he is to be accepted as the father of modern magic. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z A young man, printing his books and pictures like you, would have been looked on as a conjurer. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Not a little benefit may be derived from attending entertainments given by other conjurers, and every opportunity of so doing should be taken. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer puts the jug down and peeps into the cylinder as though he were expecting something to happen. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z But Epstein and Friedman never answer the question they raise: Does "Howl," with all its intensely vivid and imagistic language, its conjurer's madness, really need pictures? Spoken-word musician Gil Scott-Heron dies in NYC 2011-05-28T14:18:00Z The excessive toe-work of the dancer, like the excessive dexterity of the conjurer, is at bottom only what boys call "showing off"; and in the long run even boys tire of this. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Those long, slender, mobile fingers of his had been fashioned by fate for a surgeon, a conjurer, a gambler, or a pick-pocket. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z To Change a Coin.—Sometimes, in order to bring about a desired result, it is necessary to change, or in conjurers' parlance to "ring," a borrowed and marked coin for a substitute of your own. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer begins by showing a large metal cylinder closed at one end. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "There is the conjurer for Wednesday," observed Dora, thoughtfully; "but there are two days to that, and what shall we do with them till then?" Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z The conjurer is a comedian playing the part of a modern magician, but he is not a low-comedian, ready to get a laugh at any price and at the cost of any one else. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Was the gentleman before her some venerable, much-to-be-respected patriarch; or one of those conjurers who frequented fairs in a caravan? Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The following, however, is the one generally adopted by conjurers: Borrow a coin and have it marked. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Directly the card is hidden by the handkerchief the conjurer pushes up the piece of celluloid with his thumb, while with his fingers he slides the card down a little way towards his wrist. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "Such common, vulgar work, too," continued Miss Cunningham; "and all for a conjurer." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z One of the most hackneyed and yet one of the most effective illusions in the repertory of the conjurer, is that known as the Rising Cards. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z There is no chief of a Jewish synagogue, no Samaritan, no Christian bishop, who is not an astrologer, a fortune-teller, or a conjurer. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z A half dollar is the most convenient size, and is the coin generally preferred by conjurers, as its milled edge affords a ready grip to the palm. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z In order to arrange the handkerchief properly over the card the conjurer puts his right hand under the handkerchief and lifts it into position, so that the centre is over the card. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "I am sure I do not want to look at that or the conjurer, or anything else," said Miss Cunningham; "tricks are far too vulgar to please me." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Where is the abode, and what is the origin of this plenipotent conjurer? The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "Aunt Irene, do you remember anything about the conjurers in the old days?" Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z The stirring of the pan with the wand, supposed to be a part of the conjurer's performance, is really necessary to the trick. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer now shifts the position of the slates. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "Then the conjurer is not vulgar, because his tricks are uncommon," said Julia. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Men who wished to become great warriors selected some old conjurer to give them instruction. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Deep Harbor faded from us like a conjurer's vision, and the fields, hills and woods became the enchanted reality. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z One of our leading conjurers, Kellar, makes a specialty of them. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z In order to show both sides of the paper the conjurer brings up the free end with his right hand until it reaches the left thumb, which then takes it. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "It is strange," said Julia Stanley, quietly: "conjurers are generally clever." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z The conjurers blew into the liquid through a reed. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z At length the Ephesian is believed insane by his friends, who bring Doctor Pinch, a conjurer, to exorcise him. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Aërial Suspension.—The trick of the aërial suspension, presented by Herrmann under the name of the "Slave Girl's Dream," has been, and still remains a great favorite with many conjurers. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer picks it up, removes the top card and asks the person who took it to say if it is the card which was chosen and placed on the top of the pack. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "Oh dear! no," replied Julia; "all that I said was, that conjurers were clever." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Accordingly, all the dags and knives in the place were gathered together, and the natives formed a circle round them; the conjurer also remaining in the middle. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z But the conjurers, who monopolize the medical science, find it necessary to blend mystery with their art, and do not communicate their knowledge. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z The conjurer in getting off the stool steps down behind this carpet. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The conjurer throws the silk handkerchief over the card and arranges it neatly, so that the card is about in the centre of the handkerchief. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "Who has ever seen a conjurer?" asked Henry Dornford, as they stood round the fire. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Fear was the artist and conjurer that distorted to her eyes even William's visage, as well as his intentions. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z There are conjurers and high-priests, but I was not present at any of their ceremonies; though they certainly operate in an extraordinary manner on the imaginations of the people in the cure of disorders. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z The New Devil's Handkerchief, as used by Japanese conjurers to cause the disappearance of a bird, will, on the contrary, I feel sure, be found of practical utility to the magical fraternity. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Picking up the cards, the conjurer shuffles them with their faces towards the audience, thus showing—without directly calling attention to the fact—that the pack is an ordinary one. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z If that be a qualification for a conjurer," said Julia, "we had better get poor Mr Cunningham to exhibit. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z How the conjurer is going to perform the wonderful feat? Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The savage who worships a conjurer is a far finer moralist than the civilise who suspects him—and I use the name moralist for one who has an appreciation of sin. Arthur Machen A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin 2011-03-09T03:00:47.587Z The performer now goes to the hat, and, under pretense of moving it further away, turns it over, thus proving, in conjurer's logic, that it is empty. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z This "move" is quite a natural one, and is very easy; if the conjurer will try it in front of a mirror he will see that it is also deceptive. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z So he would make a capital conjurer," said Henry Dornford; "and he would not want a mask either; for he can twist his face into a hundred and twenty different shapes in a minute. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z "In my younger days," quoth Allen, ironically, "I studied divinity, but I'm a conjurer by profession." The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z It was used for the exhibitions of any travelling conjurer, lecturer, or musician, whose evil fate brought him to Whitford. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Two small tables, draped within a foot or more above the floor, are seen on the conjurer's stage. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Although the conjurer is apparently reversing one of Nature's laws he must also be more or less reasonable in his performance. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z He was something of a conjurer, too, and in wig and gown, could amaze his audience for hours with his inexhaustible supply of tricks. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z Old folks done told me how to make a conjurer leave town. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z When it was evident that he was about to die, the conjurers ceased their long-continued, exhausting formula of howling, drumming, and all the rest, and, Indian-like, left Death to take his own. 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 The Mysterious Tambourine.—It is generally understood that, should the silk hat go out of fashion, conjurers would be at a loss for a suitable article wherewith to work the numerous "production" tricks. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Using the empty bowl as a kind of scoop the conjurer removes some of the surplus rice, letting it fall on the tray. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z The expert conjurers of the East, as is well known—in magazine fiction—will put a seed into a flower pot, cover up for a second or two, and lo! there is a little plant. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z He is in consequence persuaded to go "to those conjurers," who, says Crato, would "initiate in all mysteries." An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z But there were such crowds round each of these platforms that Cuthbert and Doris couldn't get near them; and there was a conjurer, a little farther on, who seemed to be even more popular. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z Trick as a rule, do not meet with much favor at the hands of professional conjurers. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Once more the conjurer places the empty bowl over the one containing the rice, and once more he raises the empty bowl. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z They must hear the fairy stories and the gabble of the medicine-men or conjurers, and the tales of bloody fights and brave and cunning deeds which make the histories of their tribes. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z Hence the epithets of itinerant, mountebank, conjurer, cheat, sophist, sorcerer, heaped upon the teachers of Christianity; sometimes to account for the report or apparent truth of their miracles, sometimes to explain their success. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The old woman looked at us with a little laugh of triumph, like a conjurer who has just executed a difficult trick. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z And the French conjurer who came the other day to Strasburg? The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z The conjurer shows the card to the audience on his right and then places it in his left hand and shows it to the audience on his left. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z My very eyes had been deceived before now by the marvellous tricks of the native conjurers and fakirs. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z This notion is as well founded as that of the people who, in the Middle Ages, imagined that Virgil was a great conjurer. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z He took good care to hold the end, and he could slip it on and off like a flash of lightning, and good enough for a conjurer. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z He sat there like a conjurer studying the rules of a rival in the Black Art. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z You must leave the conjurer his few tricks for effect. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z With consummate dissembling he had turned us round his finger, and it would have taken a conjurer to guess that he was softly laughing at all of us except Jennie. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z They are, however, quite similar in style and, given the inconsistency of Nenad Milijas, Wolves do lack a midfield conjurer to dissect defences with cunning passes. Premier League preview No20: Wolves 2010-08-13T15:09:00Z He models himself after conjurers who entertained the aristocracy in European salons in the 1800s. Grand Illusions 2010-03-06T00:10:00Z "Let me look again, if her body be not here.—Hah!" he cried, struck with a sudden thought, and turning quickly to the conjurer. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Then with a movement like a conjurer he picked the revolver out of my pocket, and said in his infernally cool calm way— "Please consider yourself a prisoner of war, Mr Belke." The Spy in Black I know; and with eggs he’s a conjurer. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts He says he used to be a conjurer and take his ten pounds a week easily. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Besides these, I can throw in two apple-jacks, a half dozen of rolls, and—" "Your wallet is as bountiful as a conjurer's bag, sergeant; it is a perfect cornucopia. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "Unhand me, conjurer," he cried, "and I will swim the ditch." Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico It's a great trial for the Wrights to go to parties at the Barringtons; they never get half enough supper, though they have the most delightful magic lanterns and conjurers. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story I wish I were a conjurer, and could contrive two chairs out of one. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days I take you simply for the greatest of all conjurers. The Spoils of Poynton Both Greeks and savages assign to their gods the miraculous power of transformation and magic, which savages also attribute to their conjurers or shamans. Custom and Myth New Edition If I could persuade myself into a belief of magic," he pondered, "I should think him a truer conjurer than Botello. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico "The conjurer at the circus to-day took five pigeons out of my hat, and kept them for himself." Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 —He carries £500—all of the agreed sum that he can muster to the conjurer, and prays of him time for the rest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 From his own pocket, like a conjurer that draws a rabbit from a hat, and quite as astonishingly, he produced a shabby, black-bound octavo. Where the Pavement Ends We have explained the legend and worship of a supposed dead conjurer as natural to a race which believes in conjurers and worships dead men. Custom and Myth New Edition And the conjurer’s daughter is going to be married—to a magic-lantern man! The Daughters of a Genius Why is a black man necessarily a conjurer? The Handbook of Conundrums It is one of those West-End speculations which are occasionally graced by a company of French comedians, a monologist, or a conjurer. One Of Them This trick was shown by a conjurer before the late King Edward a few years ago, and His Majesty was reported in the daily papers to have expressed “great surprise.” More Conjuring Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings I suppose here is something omitted, and that the conjurer should have been introduced in his proper dress, as the sequel of the story seems to mean. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts We waited our turn together, the conjurer and I, in a dreary little room, with a dreary little gas fire that sent all its warmth up the chimney. The Daughters of a Genius The conjurer without a name looked through the microscope, and it seemed to him that the scene before him was a whole town, in which the people ran about naked in the wildest way. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series With the celerity of a conjurer he produced the four-coloured flag of the Transvaal Republic, and with one fierce jerk of the hand unfurling it, he waved it above his head. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion There was a warning that it would work without the pentagram, sugar and bitters, but at parlous risk to the conjurer without such protection. No Strings Attached Is a priest and a conjurer in their proper habits. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The conjurer wants to begin, and the children are scrambling over the chairs in the most hopeless fashion. The Daughters of a Genius "You must sell me your conjurer," said the farmer. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series The gymkhana was in full swing with racing and feasting, and storytellers and conjurers, jugglers and marabouts. Black Man's Burden To perform:—The conjurer requests the loan of several white handkerchiefs. Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic The priests and conjurers have a great sway in every nation. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts My little nieces have a party every year, and it is a serious business to find a change from the everlasting conjurer and magic-lantern. The Daughters of a Genius "You must remember how much benefit I can get from such a conjurer." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series "He is punished enough," said Mataswintha, pointing to the deep gash on the neck of the conjurer. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The conjurer now makes an attempt to undo the stitches, but finds it impossible, so states that "I shall have to cut the handkerchiefs up in order to restore them to their original condition." Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic His incivility confirms no less— Good doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand. Folk-lore of Shakespeare I arrived at the hour appointed, and found that the children were dancing, and that a conjurer was engaged as well as myself. The Daughters of a Genius Would not the farmer like to have such a conjurer as Little Claus carried about in his sack? Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series She was just about to hurry after her mistress, when the conjurer upon the platform near her suddenly uttered a shrill cry. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Whilst lighting the candle the conjurer carelessly drops the lighted match in the dove-pan, the spirits of wine become ignited and there is a great blaze. Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic Within, indeed, the last fifty years the pedagogue was still a reputed conjurer. Folk-lore of Shakespeare “I had eight ‘social engagements’ during the Christmas holidays, for four of which I have to thank my friend the conjurer. The Daughters of a Genius If she took a fancy to anybody her heart blossomed like a mango in an Indian conjurer's trick, and she was ready to impart any number of secrets. Loyal to the School With incredible strength and still greater agility the conjurer held his assailants off. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) At the conjurer’s we detect the hair by which he moves his puppet, but we have not eyes sharp enough to descry the thread that ties cause and effect. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse This Keith well knew, and unless something was done at once, not even Shrahegan's protection could save him from the angry Indians incited by the conjurer. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon To be a magician one must believe in magic, unless one would be a mere conjurer. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome But at all events there was something refreshing in the novelty of consulting a “learned pundit” in pantaloons, after all the tough conjurers of the other sex that he had undergone of late. The Witches of New York The conjurer was pushed nearer and nearer to the water by the angry and noisy crowd. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The conjurer had conjured up a demon he could not control; the demon of greed. A Prince of Good Fellows With one grip of his powerful hand he seized the conjurer by the arm, shook him like a rat, and sent him tumbling out of the lodge. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Overhead was a thatch of puraos, and over these again palms brandished their bright fans, as I have seen a conjurer make himself a halo out of naked swords. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) He remembered that he had seen the conjurer draw a magic circle and divide it into four parts and that he had bidden the witness step into the quarters one after another. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 One of the livery servants, enraged at receiving a severe blow, drew his knife and sprang at the conjurer from behind. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) There is nothing for this but practice; there is nothing more to tell about it; as the conjurers say, "That's how it's done." Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass The conjurer thrilled with joy as he noticed the effect of his words, and saw the Indians quietly leave the lodge to spread the news to those without. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon The mathematician was a mere variety of expression for the wizard or the conjurer. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Not all the conjurers were charged with plotting against the queen, but that charge was most common. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The inquiries of the Ionians, the reasoning of the Eleatics, the labours of Plato, of Aristotle, have sunk into mysticism and the art of the conjurer. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Skilled conjurers replaced at Potsdam Frederick’s “judicious Ministers.” German Problems and Personalities The Medicine Man was by his side, holding the conjurer's rattle in his hand. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon "Why, Jack, thou be'est a conjurer," one exclaimed, while the others broke out into a shout of astonishment. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines While the government was busy putting down the conjurers, the aroused popular sentiment was compelling the justices of the peace and then the assize judges to hang the witches. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 In China, these miracles, with all their authentications, have descended to the conjurer, and are performed for the amusement of children. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He Will tear thee limb from limb, thou conjurer! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature After his successful victory over the Medicine Man the old friendly feeling returned, and though the conjurer's wrath burned fiercely, he did not dare to oppose the missionary any longer. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon The conjurer juggles with two oranges, and our pleasure in beholding him springs from this, that neither is for an instant overlooked or sacrificed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Nothing about Elizabeth's government was better organized than Cecil's detective service, and the state papers show that the ferreting out of the conjurers was by no means the least of its work. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 It is leaning for help on the conjurer, juggler, and high-priest of Nature. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition No dollar slept in his possession; rather, he kept all simultaneously flying, like a conjurer with oranges. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The black mother of Saku, the baby, prayed to be allowed to summon the conjurer doctor of the tribe, who would suck the wound. When Ghost Meets Ghost And he held the cutting out for verification, much as a conjurer passes a trick orange along the front bench. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Not less than one-third of his work is given up to setting forth the methods of conjurers, card tricks, sleight-of-hand performances, illusions of magic, materializations of spirits, and the wonders of alchemy and astrology. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Fakrash found the paper, which he rubbed into invisibility between his palms, as any ordinary conjurer might do. The Brass Bottle From group to group, with M. Kratzky at his elbow, moved Charles Wilbraham, complacent, proud, triumphant, like a conjurer who has done a successful trick. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings A conjurer who forgets how to lay eggs in defiance of natural law, or how to find canaries in pocket-handkerchiefs, is not the same conjurer, in practical politics. When Ghost Meets Ghost On leaving Gorum we acquired an accession of passengers—a protestant clergyman and a fat man, who looked much like a conjurer or alchymist. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) They had questioned the conjurer, and had found that he fumbled "verie ill favouredlie" in the repetition of the Lord's Prayer. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 I have read of some of the devices by which such illusions are produced, and I have no doubt a practised conjurer could have very easily fathomed the secrets of M. Auguste. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Its confused circles and odd figures, giving it the look of a conjurer's apparatus, are enough to frighten a child. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts I enter her house against my will, as though summoned there by a conjurer, and no sooner am I there than I fall under the spell of her enchantment. Pepita Ximenez The magician, necromancer, soothsayer, or conjurer, is as useless without his wand as a Newcastle pitman is without his 'daug.' Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore In a more special way the same change came about through the attack of the privy council upon the conjurers. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Now, with the air of a conjurer, the waiter just showed them an entremets which he hastened to serve. The Paliser case Much surprised, we did not however say, "He is a conjurer," for we knew nothing about conjurers. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts With the dexterity of a stage conjurer Blue Serge whipped a bill from his pocket and thrust it beneath the wicket, not for an instant detaching his gaze from Sally. Nobody While Pedro produced them, from nowhere apparently, as a conjurer picks cards out of the air, the sound of galloping horses came through the open door. Nan of Music Mountain That the reign which had seen pass in procession the bands of conjurers and witches should close with the exorcists was to be expected. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 No hysteric visions, no madman's dreams, no clever conjurer's tricks, have ever shed a tawdry glory on the monkhood of the Buddha. The Soul of a People ‘It is so distracting a subject this Church question,’ said the conjurer, ‘that I make it a point of duty never to bring it to the pulpit.’––Dialogue 1st, p. Leading Articles on Various Subjects One grew to suspect, between times, that anything so enchanting didn't really exist—and then, suddenly, there she was, like a conjurer's trick, every lovely young line of her. The Innocent Adventuress Were its adherents all cranks or credulous believers, and its phenomena only such common sleight-of-hand performances as suffice to convince the open-mouthed swallowers of conjurers' tricks, it would be idle to give it any attention. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Simon Pembroke, a conjurer, brought to the parish church of St. Saviour's to be tried by the "ordinarie judge for those parties," but falls dead before the opening of the trial. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 German spies taking lessons from conjurer in the art of concealing pigeons. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 ‘Printed!’ said the conjurer; ‘I have already printed it in English, and Mr. M’Donald the schoolmaster is translating it into Gaelic.’ Leading Articles on Various Subjects It had been swallowed utterly as though by the magic pocket of a conjurer. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Their influence on the whole predominantly ethical But the kings were often inclined to rely upon conjurers, soothsayers, magicians, and the like. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The earlier half of the fifteenth century, when the witch fires were already lighted in South Germany, saw the coming of conjurers in England. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 He had a narrow hand, with thumb and wrist joints as supple as a conjurer’s, so that he could almost fold the palm upon itself and the hand upon the arm. With Hoops of Steel The conjurer started backwards like a man who receives a mortal wound: the two little figures uttered a thin scrannel shriek apiece, and then slunk out of existence. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Nothing but the sleight of hand of a conjurer could equal the mystery of their stealing. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse They are as a marked race, and generally distrusted wherever they go. p. 37They are musicians, dancers, conjurers, acrobats, fortune-tellers, blacksmiths, robbers, and dwellers in tents. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement As they first appear upon the scene, the conjurers may be grouped in two classes, the position seekers and the treasure seekers. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The use of the word was not restricted to the prestige of prophets, conjurers, demons, but was transferred by analogy to delusions the cause of which is not regarded any longer as supernatural. Introduction to the Science of Sociology ‘I suppose you have heard it said, that I changed my views from the fear of worldly loss,’ said the conjurer.––Dialogue 1st, p. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Yes, I do, as long as he doesn't wear a conjurer's evening dress. The Limit In Shakespeare's time, 'exorcist' and 'conjurer' were used indifferently. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Justices of the peace and other prominent men in the counties were kept informed by the privy council of reported conjurers, and they were instructed to send in what evidence they could gather against them. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The medical practice in this country is confined to a set of men who have the appellation of "Angekoks," or conjurers. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe It seemed, for a few seconds, as if the conjurer and his creations had joined together in a trio, to celebrate the conjurer’s own praises. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Conjuring tricks are highly amusing, but one does not think very highly of conjurers. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery A physiologist recalled the conjurers who swallowed swords—by an anatomical peculiarity of the throat—and said that the deceased might have swallowed the weapon after cutting his own throat. The Big Bow Mystery No doubt the activity of the council put all conjurers under public suspicion and in some degree roused public resentment against them. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 But there is among them a class of men, called conjurers, who monopolize the medical science; and who, blending mystery with their art, do not choose to communicate their knowledge. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe He gathered himself up, sprung deftly to his feet, and stood fronting the conjurer. Leading Articles on Various Subjects In Ireland, and perhaps in Britain, they were conjurers and wizards. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII The Loon made no objection, so the new-made conjurer balanced himself upon the crest of a wave and gave his loudest call before he dove down, down into the blue water! Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold But none of the conjurers—and this seems a curious fact to one familiar with the English stories of the supernatural—ever lit upon the desired treasure. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The eggs he took out of her bonnet, the folds of her shawl, and even from his own mouth, just like a conjurer does. The Magic World ‘I deny entirely and in toto,’ said the conjurer, ‘that the present controversy involves the doctrine of the Headship.’––See 2d Dialogue. Leading Articles on Various Subjects But I own that I agree with him heartily in his opinion that "making a conjurer explain his tricks" is despicably poor fun. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century He told the others that he had heard the great conjurer whisper as his hand touched the door-flap; "Ah, my poor brother!" Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold The privy council, so nervous about the conjurers in the days of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Catholic and Spanish plots, was now resting easier and refused to be affrighted. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Isn’t it wonderful? as the conjurer says when he cuts your watch out of an onion. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 ‘After all,’ said the conjurer, with a sigh, ‘the agitated question is but of inferior moment.’––Dialogue 1st, p. Leading Articles on Various Subjects They drew back a little from the entrance, and motioned to the supposed conjurer to enter. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 These five people are influenced by a Pied Piper kind of fellow who calls himself a conjurer, and is rather too clever for the company. Gilbert Keith Chesterton This brings us back to the point: What had the conjurers to do with witchcraft? A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The conjurer said— "Why don't you see if you cannot pull the oxen out again by the horns or by the tail?" Folk-lore and Legends: German ‘The claim,’ said the conjurer, ‘is essentially Papal.’––Dialogue 2d, p. Leading Articles on Various Subjects At the sight of Gamut, accompanied by one in the well known masquerade of their most distinguished conjurer, they readily made way for them both. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 Apparently the conjurer has been strolling about the garden when he meets Patricia, who thinks he can produce fairies. Gilbert Keith Chesterton "The doctors know nothing about the case," responded the conjurer. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk "You informed me that the conjurer was dead, and then you asked me for my ring." Folk-lore and Legends: German The conjurer puts a pigeon into an earthen pipkin, gives the vessel a shake, and then turns it up, and lo! out leaps the little incarcerated animal, no longer a pigeon, but a rat. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Endeavoring then to collect his ideas, he prepared to perform that species of incantation, and those uncouth rites, under which the Indian conjurers are accustomed to conceal their ignorance and impotency. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 No well-defined priestly class had been evolved; the so-called "medicine men" were mere conjurers, though possessed of considerable influence. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Buying Christmas presents.—In the dance.—The merriest of them all.—As a conjurer.—Christmas at “Gad’s Hill.” My Father as I Recall Him In the meanwhile the conjurer was not idle. Folk-lore and Legends: German ‘To be above the authority of the law, no Church in this country can be,’ said the conjurer. Leading Articles on Various Subjects The impatience of the savages who lingered about the prison of Uncas, as has been seen, had overcome their dread of the conjurer's breath. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 He p. 149confirmed it to them, which occasioned a great deal of discourse about it, and who these two conjurers could be. The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man Buying Christmas presents.—In the dance.—The merriest of them all.—As a conjurer.—Christmas at “Gad’s Hill.” My Father as I Recall Him As he went he was met by the king and the conjurer, who inquired the occasion of his piteous lamentation. Folk-lore and Legends: German ‘To be above the law,’ reiterated the conjurer, ‘no Church in this country can be.’––Dialogue 1st, p. Leading Articles on Various Subjects His queerness was taking on a new phase—and she felt a sense of surprise such as one experiences when the conjurer causes a rose to grow into a tree before your very eyes. The Brown Mouse Soothsayers, diviners, prophets, mediums, conjurers, and seers consequently have been found in every age and among every people. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology This young man, for all his fair speaking and pretended shrewdness, was no conjurer after all. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers "Rascal!" exclaimed the king, "do you know who it is?" and he was just about to call his attendants, when he heard hasty footsteps, and the conjurer stood before him. Folk-lore and Legends: German ‘Ah, gentlemen,’ said the conjurer, looking modestly down, ‘even my very enemies never venture to deny that.’ Leading Articles on Various Subjects There is a conjurer “as is a conjurer.” The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Sometimes the astronomer turns conjurer for fun, and his prophesies are fulfilled. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Standing on his magic carpet he shakes new sins out of his sleeve as a conjurer shakes out white rabbits and juggles words with an exquisite dexterity. The Merry-Go-Round "Thou hast pulled thy beast's tail off," said the conjurer. Folk-lore and Legends: German There was a low deep noise like distant thunder; and straightway the débris of a landslip came rolling downwards, half obliterating in its course the circle of the conjurer. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Well," he continued, "it ought to be called after that conjurer chap, Bengali, or whatever his name is. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Geber, an Arab astronomer, and a reputed conjurer in Europe, seems to have given his name to unintelligible language in the word gibberish. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The Leading Signalman, not being a thought reader as well as a conjurer, put down his telescope with a grunt until the pall cleared away. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The queen, imagining it was her royal consort, instantly gave him the ring, and in a moment the conjurer was off with it on his finger. Folk-lore and Legends: German Occasionally, however, the Shamans officiated in the daylight, when their skill as conjurers would, according to Billy, have eclipsed an Egyptian Hall performance. From Paris to New York by Land These strange things, terrible monsters, cold, white statues, heads without bodies, and you in their midst like a conjurer. The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience She had the air, for all the world, of a member of the audience suddenly abandoned on a conjurer's stage. The Long Trick "Nutty" seemed to be blessed with the eyes of a lynx, the dexterity of a conjurer, and the tentacles of a decapod. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories When the king thought the conjurer must have reached the top, he called out from the window— "Let fall." Folk-lore and Legends: German But the best of it is that Forster and I have purchased between us the entire stock-in-trade of a conjurer, the practice and display whereof is intrusted to me. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 At length the conjurer's lips the silence broke, Softly at first as to himself he spoke, Till warmed by his own swarming fancies' brood He poured the strain almost in numbers rude. Indian Legends of Minnesota An attendant ship's corporal retrieved them, while the conjurer affected an air of complete detachment. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions I had the scared, shamed, unreal feeling of a child playing at conjurer who hopes, yet knows no miracle can happen. The Other Side of the Door Soon after it was light in the morning the wily conjurer made his appearance. Folk-lore and Legends: German Flame and smoke were seen to issue from his lips in speaking, a portent which was rationalized centuries later into a mere conjurer's artifice. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 She paused a moment, then with furtive tread Close to the tipi glided like a thief; With lips apart, and eager bended head, She listened there to what the conjurer said. Indian Legends of Minnesota The two things stand on quite different grounds; and I cannot help thinking that the spiritualists unwisely concede a point when they accept the challenge of the conjurers. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Not now, I ween, is the gibecière of the Ancient Wizard seen; not now the "Presto, pass!" of the less ancient conjurer heard. He He was answered by the common rejoinder: 'One need not be a conjurer to see that.' Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers Hence the epithets of itinerant, mountebank, conjurer, cheat, sophist, and sorcerer, heaped upon the teachers of Christianity; sometimes to account for the report or apparent truth of their miracles, sometimes to explain their success. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 His weakness was due to the inferiority he felt when he saw the learned mathematical master juggle with figures as easily as a conjurer juggles with billiard balls. A Dominie in Doubt If the conjurers reproduce the spiritual phenomena in some instances, the spiritualists distance the conjurers in others. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis I'll turn conjurer—fire-eater—mountebank; set the fools agape at fairs and pastimes. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 He answered: 'Be it so; but perhaps one must be a little more than conjurer for what remains for me to tell you. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers "Sir!" faltered Helen, astonished and alarmed—Was the man a conjurer? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 You are as bad as a conjurer in the piazza. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions I venture to think the conjurers unwise in irritating the spiritualists, who are a growing body, by placarding their entertainment as exposés, even though such announcements may "draw" the non-spiritual public. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The man who will not believe in a deity, has often believed in witchcraft; and those who will not acknowledge a Providence, have often trembled before a conjurer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 He extended one of his hands in the manner of a conjurer and with the other pulled up the sleeve above the wrist. The Book of All-Power Fred looked upon Bob as though he was a mighty conjurer. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home Just as he was beginning to pick himself up after the shock and wonder, like the sailor whom the conjurer blew up, what was to come next? The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 In addition to the formulas the book contains about twenty pages of Scripture extracts in the same handwriting, for Gahuni, like several others of their shamans, combined the professions of Indian conjurer and Methodist preacher. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 The Rab-mag—"great priest," or perhaps "chief conjurer," was a high functionary at the court of the Assyrian kings. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria In the centre of the entrance hung a bell which the conjurer begged the Welshman to beware of touching. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology The floe was so wide and so long that it was impossible for them to cross, and thus the women and children were saved by the art of their conjurer. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales "I understood he was a conjurer, or an entertainer, or something of that kind." The Green Carnation This trick is a favourite one with all good conjurers, but rarely comes in so opportunely. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 The magic power was of course conferred on all talismans by the words which the conjurer spoke over them with the necessary ceremonies. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria To all right-minded persons this disclosure contained sufficient warrant for her reputed mother to repudiate her as a witch, though cats are no less intimate with fairies than with conjurers. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology So the conjurer called his mascot and rode down through the air to his hut. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales There are no doubt conjurers who pretend to be able to think without words, and even take no little pride in being able to perform this trick. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour The use of his name, however, answered the purpose, and the conjurer even offered to carry the articles for her to Platt’s house. Deerbrook The solar system is as full of mysteries as a conjurer's portmanteaux; but, of all the mysteries that it contains, the mystery of individuality is surely the most inscrutable of all. Mushrooms on the Moor The popular conjurer had advertised that to begin his performance and illumine his stage he would light two hundred candles by a single pistol-shot. The History of "Punch" The conjurer felt quite exhausted from his trip, but when the lamps were lighted he told his eager neighbors all that he had seen during his flight to the Moon. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales Then he would show the dent in his cheek, and pass his helmet round for all to see, as a conjurer does. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 Poor Cucurullo knew the whole process of those affairs, as the conjurer's assistant knows how the tricks are done. Stradella In one instance, whilst at dinner, a huge branch burst open a side door, and nearly impaled a French conjurer of celebrity on his way to New Orleans. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. There was a mountebank conjurer seated on a table, performing all sorts of wonders before a gaping crowd. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea In her hut was a litter of pups, and as she was a conjurer, she said to them, "Grow up at once." A Treasury of Eskimo Tales Madly and recklessly he danced to the monotonous drummings of the wicked old conjurers and medicine-men, who had been fearful that they were about to lose their grip upon him. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians But, anyway, I’m some conjurer as well as a ventriloquist, and it will be strange if I can’t get a chance to astonish them before the end comes.” In Search of El Dorado Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; 45 Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand. The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] They are musicians, dancers, conjurers, acrobats, fortune-tellers, blacksmiths, robbers, and dwellers in tents. The Gypsies A powerful conjurer, who had a bear for his mascot, thought he would like to go to the Moon. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales How is it that you, the chief’s daughter and the conjurer’s niece, should have such different thoughts about these things?” Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians The unfortunate conjurer succumbed, and in a few minutes "his spirit," as my informant said, "went beyond the Sand Buttes." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 "Ah! but remember when that young fellow shot at you and grazed two of your fingers at Minsk," remarked the conjurer with a grin. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia Yet, if this had been told to all the world, the conjurer’s business would p. 150not have suffered. The Gypsies Gather your sables around your throat; Give us that story about the monk, His niece, and the wandering conjurer, Just to keep our blood astir. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems While I am the niece of Koosapatum, the conjurer and medicine man, whom I hate, I am not the daughter, but the niece of Kistayimoowin, the chief. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians The conjurer has slipped the phrase, "quantity of labor," up his sleeve, and when it reappears it has turned into "the expense of hiring labor." The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice "You, gentlemen, must decide between you," said the conjurer, "as to who is to win." Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Somebody told Uncle Martin to go ter a old conjurer and let the doctors go cause they wan't doing nothing for her anyway. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 So thought I. I even ran out into the street to find out who she was; but she vanished like the lady in the conjurer's trick. The Lure of the Mask Knowing this, the missionary, who never used it himself, adopted this plan to make friends with the old conjurer. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians There were two women among the latter, some old men, and some conjurers with monkeys, who thereupon set up a dance to the music of tambourines. Byeways in Palestine A soldier is not a conjurer that he should be handed over a fully laden ship and told to ferret out a fuse key. 24th July, 1915. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 If there be any good conjurer at hand to charm away the spirits from the person wounded he recovers, but nothing else can save him.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II An Indian conjurer always requires the absence of all observers for the performance of his most important juggling. The Talking Leaves An Indian Story So expeditiously was the work accomplished that it was not very long ere the conjurer and missionary were eating and drinking together. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians Still the conjurer, utterly unconscious of this, went on with his performance; until at length his eye falling on the body and perceiving what had occurred, he turned round and darted into his tent. Adventures in the Far West But there is a great many people in London, besides this man, famous for playing odd tricks, and yet no conjurers neither. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 When the spirit seized Ghīsa under the tree we had unfortunately no conjurer, and he, poor fellow, died in consequence. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II At a large table one of the missionaries of the Institute cut up and buttered loaves at a rate which gave the impression that he was a conjurer engaged in a species of sleight-of-hand. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Thus the Gospel had come to the heart and was influencing the life of even the conjurer of the Nelson River Indians. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians There was a conjurer in our neighborhood who could make you do what he wanted, sometimes he had folks killed. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 The conjurer, who performs an important part on such occasions, presented himself to us. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots To secure themselves still further, some of the boats carry conjurers or priests on board, who, by their incantations, are supposed to preserve them from the attacks of the shark. In the Eastern Seas Here, I shan’t read for the bar; I shall study up for a head boss conjurer, thought-reader, and clairvoyant.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias It was a lie of the conjurers, if they said anything of the kind.” Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians "I shall satisfy myself as to the nocturnal visitor, the magic flautist, and the bewildering Annapla—and probably find the mystery as simple as the egg in the conjurer's bottle when all's ended!" Doom Castle If the thieves are found out they are generally quickly poisoned by the conjurers of the tribe. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Of course, if a diver is picked off by a shark, the conjurer asserts that he has not properly obeyed his directions, and thus does not lose his credit. In the Eastern Seas In the meantime one of the conjurer’s associates had asked to see the gun that was to be used, and kindly offered to load it. Three Boys in the Wild North Land They had in a measure become convinced that their religious teachers, their medicine-men, and conjurers, were impostors and liars, and so, while submitting somewhat to their sway, were yet chafing under it. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians They have cut down their idols, filled up the dog-ovens, torn away the conjurers’ tents, cleared the forest, and banished every vestige of the old life. By Canoe and Dog-Train “And did they find out the thief and put the conjurers after him?” Winter Adventures of Three Boys Not a conjurer? that would have been capital fun.” Amos Huntingdon Thus ended their first and last experience with Indian conjurers, and it thoroughly convinced them that they are only cunning impostors. Three Boys in the Wild North Land However, his eyes soon got accustomed to the place, and then he was able to observe that the old conjurer and his wife were seated on the ground on the opposite side of the tent. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians The slavish fear of the old conjurers deterred some from openly avowing themselves as willing to accept the truths of Christianity. By Canoe and Dog-Train A message was sent to a noted conjurer of the tribe, famous for his deadly poisons. Winter Adventures of Three Boys I saw the conjurer having his in the library. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story The conjurer said that he would spend the night with his medicine drum and sacred medicine bag, to call back his familiar spirit, who might be away hunting. Three Boys in the Wild North Land It needed no conjurer to say now who had come betwixt me and my master’s family. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Many responded to my request, and, with the exception of an old conjurer or two, who feared for their occupation, all spoke in the same strain as did the head chief. By Canoe and Dog-Train She was not a conjurer of words so much as a magician in sensibility. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets All went well till some conjurers appeared on the stage. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" “No, indeed,” was the conjurer’s reply, “for I have given the challenge, and my familiar spirit has told me that the bullets cannot pierce me.” Three Boys in the Wild North Land The goldsmith chuckled deeply, as if Harry had unwittingly perpetrated some joke—some particularly clever conjurer's trick. The Coast of Chance Old conjurers and medicine men, faithful followers of the enemy, quickly began their opposition. By Canoe and Dog-Train In the author's opinion, it is a word referring to the conjurer's art. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula |
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