| 单词 | conjuring trick |
| 例句 | The outlaws drifted in for the meal like a conjuring trick. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I had hung between possibilities before, between the cold truths I knew and the heart-sucking conjuring tricks of the Shaper; now that was passed: I was Grendel, Ruiner of Meadhalls, Wrecker of Kings! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z "A conjuring trick, my dear—a very good one...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The original meaning of the word “prestige” was an illusion or conjuring trick, from the Latin praestigium – a delusion. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z This is a beautifully acted and neatly thought-out show, as cleverly executed as a conjuring trick – and a reminder why this Scottish company is an innovator in children's theatre. White 2010-09-01T20:45:00Z He focused on the stuff that was tricks, but there was plenty of other stuff in the area of suggestion and hypnosis, and it would be wrong to say that was just a conjuring trick. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z If he needed something, he invented it: he created forceps to extract a coin after swallowing and choking on it while trying to show a conjuring trick to his children. Brunel archive reveals hidden treasures in show-and-tell at Bristol docks 2011-08-14T19:36:13Z It is quite a conjuring trick and something which another academic's recent TV take on Shakespeare – James Shapiro's The King and the Playwright – didn't quite manage. Simon Schama: TV dumber-down or simply the greatest? 2012-06-28T13:55:10Z Part of the effectiveness of this latest offering from Mr. Sobelle, whose earlier credits include the inspired installation work “The Object Lesson,” relies on conjuring tricks. Review: Dreaming of ‘Home,’ With a Magical Guide in His Underwear 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z It is something of a conjuring trick, of course, but an impressive one. Before He Died, the Writer Roberto Calasso Had the Old Testament on His Mind 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z At times they look like superheroes, moving together to the rhythm of the music, conjuring tricks like magicians. Fragile, Delicate, Free: Glimpses of Circus Life, at Sea 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Here every movie is just called the “Show” — a word that, as the festival’s organizers are fond of noting, means to put you in mind of a conjuring trick. ‘All of Us Strangers’ soars at Telluride, but ‘Saltburn’ barely leaves a mark 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z When we finally learn the dark secret of Indigo and her childhood friend, Azure, it feels like the best conjuring trick ever. Review | Four new sci-fi and fantasy novels featuring bizarre transformations 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z But there are only so many of these fiscal conjuring tricks you can play before you have to start making really difficult choices. John Swinney to confirm further cuts to spending plans 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “Nature pulls a conjuring trick on us. We start with an object with no spin, and after splitting apart, both chunks are spinning. But, of course, angular momentum must still be conserved.” Mystery of Spinning Atomic Fragments Solved at Last 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z "How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America's anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring tricks of history", he wrote. Obituary: John le Carré 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Being on lockdown has caused many PGA Tour pros to discover new hobbies, from brining meat to conjuring trick shots involving swimming pools. Brooks Koepka says he's working on his "six-pack," re-stokes the flames of golf's best feud - Golf Digest 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z "We need to see large scale action in this Budget to end austerity, not some vague promises for the future or a few financial conjuring tricks," he is expected to say. Hammond urged to 'stump up cash' in Budget 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Consequently, unless a cosmic conjuring trick mates with a miracle, the same fate that befell Mesa Verde and Great Zimbabwe will inevitably one day cause the abandonment of these cities, too. Review | The dire future that awaits San Francisco, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Seattle 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The sense that behaviour is merely the surface of a vast sea, immeasurably deep and teeming with inner motives, beliefs and desires is a conjuring trick played by our own minds. A revolution in our sense of self | Nick Chater 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Some of the most imaginative DJs on the global circuit now play conjuring tricks with electronic music’s history to construct sonic narratives that are resolutely modern. From Chinese communes to Durban taxis: how dance music went global 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The “scientific conjuring trick,” as Dr. Jones called it, appeared to defy the laws of physics, with a wheel that seemed to spin endlessly, with no apparent source of energy. David Jones, British chemist and ‘court jester in the palace of science,’ dies at 79 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Labour is calling for concrete action by the chancellor in Monday's Budget to end austerity not just "financial conjuring tricks" and "vague promises". Hammond urged to 'stump up cash' in Budget 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The director doesn’t just re-create the past; he keeps calling it forth, like a tireless magician performing a two-hour-plus conjuring trick. With 'Endless Poetry,' Alejandro Jodorowsky leads us on a surreally inventive tour of his young adulthood 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It sounds like a conjuring trick - until you decode something called "PiXC". The trouble with our trains - BBC News 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z I joined them and did all that, and conjuring tricks, played drums and comedy routines as well.” Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in ‘Star Wars,’ dead at 81 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Researchers' unions say the governments' plan amounts to “conjuring tricks” to downplay the cancellation of appropriations. Top French scientists slam surprise budget cut 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z However, the paper trail suggests this was a conjuring trick, albeit one tolerated by the law. Fund run by David Cameron’s father avoided paying tax in Britain 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The show Devlin worked on involved old-fashioned conjuring tricks and Surrealist tableaux. Designing Stages for Shakespeare and Kanye 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Is it smart technology or a conjuring trick? 'Magic' boxes make a ball appear in two places at once - BBC News 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z It is another of his great conjuring tricks. Cherish the supreme showman Bolt 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Few of his fellow illusionists were interested in exposing the way that conjuring tricks were used to dupe gullible audiences into believing in psychic abilities. The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Certain bacteria, says Sella, are capable of performing an extraordinary chemical conjuring trick. The bringer of life and death 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z And as the game entered its final, frenetic stages, there was neither the time nor the space for conjuring tricks. 'O'Driscoll proves fairy tales do happen' 2014-03-16T08:18:46Z But the legal conjuring trick behind the British Virgin Islands nominee system opens the way to abuses. The offshore trick: how BVI 'nominee director' system works 2012-11-25T20:00:15Z It is the classic conjuring trick of misdirection. How to hide data in plain sight 2012-08-27T22:25:53Z Others, though, question how many of the 1.1 million children apparently lifted out of poverty are the result of a welfare-based conjuring trick. Poverty, noun - what's the definition? 2012-06-14T10:27:39Z She stopped for the same reason that the street-seller pulls out his rattle or his conjuring trick, while his quick-silver eyes dart this way and that in search of his crowd. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z "Sorry to disappoint you, but I have prepared no conjuring tricks to-night," he said. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Yet you're satisfied to skulk about the swamps in dirt and rags, cheating superstitious brutes by conjuring tricks! Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z It is a mere conjuring trick to remove them from this world to the next, as do the theologians, or to substitute universal well-being for the feeling of happiness. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z I believe he did several conjuring tricks during the course of the round, such as holding mashie pitches from the edge of the green. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z As a conjuring trick it was neat, but as manners, deplorable. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z What more shall I say about his conjuring tricks? Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z The under-foliage, it is true, was thicker and deeper than it had looked; but for all that it was like a conjuring trick—they were not there! Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Then the engineers, with celerity which looked to the uninitiated like a conjuring trick, in two hours threw a pontoon bridge over the river, and the crossing was successfully accomplished. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z He had about six holes in hand with only nine to play, and then Fry began to do conjuring tricks, holing putts from the edge of the green, and so on. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z The West is the home of superstition, of second sight, of miracle, of conjuring tricks of all kinds exalted into the supernatural. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z Besides, she understood the "Rule of Three," which was no conjuring trick, better than you did, though she is a woman; and she can reason, too, mamma says.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Wall Street, for instance; a new popular song or two, an inexplicable conjuring trick, or a fresh breakfast food. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z It's not a combustion engine, it's a conjuring trick. Car review: BMW Touring 535d 2011-04-02T23:08:10Z It savoured of the conjuring trick if not of sheer black magic. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z He had been a great patron of the playhouses, could perform conjuring tricks, and was able to oppose a card-cheat with the latter's own weapons. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z What he did to make the horse refuse his leap, what magic he used, what conjuring trick he performed, I can't tell. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z I don't call it cooking; I call it conjuring tricks.' Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z The jurors produced unexpected hats and coats like a conjuring trick. Manslaughter Yvonne, overwhelmed by the extreme suddenness and unexpectedness of the occurrence, could only give a gasp of horror; the dog had seemed to vanish as if by a conjuring trick. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Mrs. Merivale was as pretty as ever, almost as pretty as his own beautiful mother, and Mr. Merivale entertained Michael and Alan with his conjuring tricks and his phonograph and his ridiculous puns. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Her playing on the violin was a mixture of gymnastics and conjuring tricks. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Your religion may be true, but I'm quite sure these conjuring tricks of your fancy are a sign of hysteria. Plashers Mead A Novel Pilgrim dressed himself up in a moment as the Turk Kulikali, seated himself crosslegged on a strip of carpet on the floor, and did all sorts of conjuring tricks. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. No conjuring trick was ever turned more neatly. The Destroying Angel Do you think I did not come across dozens of such conjuring tricks when on my travels? The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart The gentleman had a fancy for conjuring tricks, I believe; even went so far as to study them firsthand under the tutelage of native fakirs, and was subsequently caught cheating at cards. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories We propose the question—Have Home's phenomena ever been plausibly explained as conjuring tricks, or in accordance with known laws of nature? Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research "It certainly seems very funny," replied his aunt; "but, like most conjuring tricks, I dare say the explanation would be very simple if it were ever given." Under Padlock and Seal The thing was a common conjuring trick which I have seen performed at home a score of times; but how was I to convince the villagers of that? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Unhappily, the K. M. put his hand in his inside coat pocket and, with intense surprise, as though he had performed a conjuring trick, produced a paper that creaked and crinkled. With the French in France and Salonika You may be a believer in his conjuring tricks, for aught I know. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War He is so rapid in his work, that we can scarcely follow him with our eyes, and the whole performance, from beginning to end, looks to us like a conjuring trick. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba These efforts of hers seemed to him at first random and isolated, and he watched with interested expectancy for the light-giving result as a child might watch the preparations for an elaborate conjuring trick. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real The experiment with the playing cards was a simple conjuring trick. Telepathy Genuine and Fraudulent It was really you who made the success of the venture at Kidd's Pines, by your marvellous conjuring trick of getting Marcel Moncourt to come. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America If you cannot believe this, go into a room lighted only by gas, and hey, presto! the colour is changed as if it were a conjuring trick. The Children's Book of Stars "Voilà!" he says triumphantly, as if he had just brought off a successful conjuring trick. Round the Wonderful World Well, we ain’t done nothing to speak of with that there conjuring trick of yours, but we’ve ’ad a right good time. The Magic World What occult power Yoga Rama intended to demonstrate by this simple conjuring trick I fail to see. Telepathy Genuine and Fraudulent The man who did crude and ancient conjuring tricks was elaborately finely dressed, and attended by monstrous footmen in liveries of Oriental splendour. The Message Fact is, this is another of your silly conjuring tricks—that's what this is. Tales of Space and Time He cannot explain that and has avoided the best known trick of all Indian conjuring tricks. Indian Conjuring Marjorie laughed until she cried; Eric stood on his head and turned somersaults, and performed conjuring tricks, and was really the most witty, fascinating little fellow. The Children of Wilton Chase Medford observes that there will be time before the lecture begins to show his conjuring trick with the shilling. Happy-Thought Hall And those two witnesses picked up in the street ... a ceremony that took just five minutes ... like a conjuring trick. The Bill-Toppers It really was like a conjuring trick; the thing was done before I knew anything about it. Miss Mapp If it be a spiritual manifestation, of course there is an end of the matter; but if a mere conjuring trick, I would call attention to the following facts. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis There, I don’t think we need trouble about anything more, after the two leather cases are packed with the conjuring tricks and physic of the learned Hakim and his slaves. In the Mahdi's Grasp “A very interesting looking young man,” Mrs. Boodels observes aloud when he arrives, but she is a little afraid of him on finding that he can do a conjuring trick. Happy-Thought Hall Such a thing would seem the result of some occult science, a kind of conjuring trick. Spontaneous Activity in Education It all fell out as dexterously as a conjuring trick. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories It is marvellous to see how excited we phlegmatic islanders grow when either spirits are brought to the front, or we think we have found out a conjuring trick. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis “What you call scientific conjuring tricks are really displays of the wonders of nature, and are likely to impress the ignorant quite as much as any cure I can effect.” In the Mahdi's Grasp He whipped out his white handkerchief and with a single hand, an old conjuring trick, threw a knot in the centre and dangled it before Mrs. Barraclough's eyes. Men of Affairs Least of all could I myself give faith to these conjuring tricks of my mind. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 And he began showing her conjuring tricks with sovereigns which he drew from his pockets. The Folly Of Eustace 1896 “Why, it’s like a conjuring trick,” cried Norman, as the native joined them. The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range “After all, they are only to play scientific conjuring tricks with,” said Frank. In the Mahdi's Grasp If I didn’t think it was some vile conjuring trick, up to this very moment!” The Settlers at Home Then His Majesty referred to Rasputin's "miracles" which he had performed in Warsaw, Kiev, and other places, mere conjuring tricks which had held the peasants speechless in amazement. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia Do you know, Sheard, these childish little conjuring tricks help me immensely! The Sins of Séverac Bablon I was still puzzling my brains over his extraordinary conjuring trick—for trick I am convinced it was. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta He thought it was a sort of conjuring trick like their medicine-men do when they are making rain come, or are driving out spirits, as they call it. The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains What followed was almost like a conjuring trick, it was so quickly done. Menhardoc It was something after the fashion of a conjuring trick. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales Vince lifted the cap, and burst out laughing, for it was like some conjuring trick—the lizard was gone. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days After the conjuring tricks—we agreed to call them conjuring tricks, I think—I showed you a week or two ago, I wonder that you should ask such a question. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta He drew several long inhalations, repeating the conjuring trick of swallowing the smoke and emitting it several seconds afterwards, for quite ten minutes before he spoke again. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War I said I could only do conjuring tricks and juggling and so on, and he said all right, do conjuring tricks and juggling, then. The Girl on the Boat George Trent, Sir Roger Broom, Kate Gardiner, and two men who were strangers had suddenly appeared as if by a conjuring trick. The Castle Of The Shadows As easily as though it was some conjuring trick the rock began to settle down in the water. Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder That it was only what he had called it, a conjuring trick, I felt I ought to be certain, but still it was clever and uncanny enough to render me very uncomfortable. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta In all the houses the people were busy, some dancing, some singing, others trying various conjuring tricks or practising beating the drum, and all seemed happy and joyful. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know This is Phadrig the Adept, as he is known in his own ancient land of Egypt, a worker of wonders which really are wonders, and not mere sleight-of-hand conjuring tricks. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension I think this is a fitting opportunity to show you another ancient conjuring trick. Magic A Fantastic Comedy What followed was convincing for the simple reason that there was nothing covered up, and no complicated apparatus that might cause you to suspect an ordinary conjuring trick. Caves of Terror Was this witchcraft or only some clever conjuring trick? A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Coffers of this description and workmanship are nearly always complicated conjuring tricks; they rarely open by any such rational means as lock and key. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor You've got them on now, and we don't want any more of your conjuring tricks. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension You were saying that these modern conjuring tricks are simply the old miracles when they have once been found out. Magic A Fantastic Comedy Of course, where cunning and dishonesty may contrive conjuring tricks it is not worth while to treat such "manifestations" seriously, but I speak of what seemed to be genuine, if trifling, marvels. My Life as an Author Call it a conjuring trick, if you like. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta You would never believe if you hadn't seen it, how the creature swallowed his knife when he ate, and did conjuring tricks with his fork and spoon. The Motor Maid It was done with the cleanness and quickness of a conjuring trick. In the Roaring Fifties By the way, you call it a conjuring trick that poor people should drink moderately. Magic A Fantastic Comedy Freddy Alexander had gone forth to purchase a pack of cards, in the futile hope that he could prevail upon Mrs. Carteret to allow him to inflict conjuring tricks upon the audience. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches I forget my companion and the previous conjuring trick. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta "Well, the thing I thought wonderful was a conjuring trick done by a Chinese juggler." Miscellanea A small canvas booth with a raised platform, on which a Young Woman in short skirts has just performed a few elementary conjuring tricks before an audience of gaping Rustics. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 26, 1892 So drinking decently is a conjuring trick that you can do, anyhow? Magic A Fantastic Comedy But that," I said, "would be too horrible for anything—to turn the terrors of death into a sort of conjuring trick—a dramatic entertainment, to make one's flesh creep! The Child of the Dawn "By the way, I should like to ask you a few questions about those self same conjuring tricks," I said. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Miss Oliver gasped: it was so like a conjuring trick. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Coloured dust cannot be thrown in our eyes by bureaucratic conjuring tricks, or imperialistic talk about prestige. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Talking about conjuring tricks, there is to be conjuring and all kinds of things here this afternoon. Magic A Fantastic Comedy But the actual loss to India on these exchange transactions is not the worst outcome of these conjuring tricks, as they have been contemptuously called by Indian critics of Whitehall. India, Old and New As for the children, they love him; he romps with them, and does conjuring tricks, and warbles innumerable songs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892 The little ancient disreputable car had been repaired by Rodding, the village handyman, who by some conjuring trick had made it run again. The Imaginary Marriage I, who for the last twenty years, have never even dressed the salad without at least one pair of eyes watching me toss the lettuce as though I was performing some wonderful Indian conjuring trick. The Dangerous Age He was just talking in a tone of sheer, hopeless, extremely interested puzzlement—bafflement—amazement; just as a man might talk to you of some absolutely baffling conjuring trick he'd seen. If Winter Comes In most of the conjuring tricks the conjurer would purposely make a partial failure in the first attempt; an assistant would then impart the necessary power by muttering cabalistic words over a monkey's skull. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Fortunately there are a few simple conjuring tricks which are within the reach of us all. The Sunny Side He was a man of varied accomplishments; he could play and sing, and even perform conjuring tricks. The Darling and Other Stories It's not a difficult job, but Ivan Alexandritch, not being a specialist, looked at it as though it were a conjuring trick. Love Thus Sludge is certain that his life of lies and conjuring tricks has been conducted in a deep and subtle obedience to the message really conveyed by the conditions created by God. Robert Browning After having been darkened for a scenic conjuring trick, the stage was very suddenly thrown into brilliant light. Tales of the Five Towns "Surely you do not believe in his foolish story or conjuring tricks?" Weapons of Mystery The miracle, whether a conjuring trick or a criminal's device, needed the kindly aid of the darkness. The Teeth of the Tiger Why, you's the chap that don't believe in miracles… Fact is, this is another of your silly conjuring tricks—that's what this is. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories It will be nothing less than a conjuring trick.' The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey It is one of the principles of all conjuring tricks to have something to divert the attention. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans What became of the tobacco-juice was a mystery or a conjuring trick, but the cat's somewhat blunted sensibilities, and the lady's—not yet blunted—were spared. The Port of Adventure It all looks like an extremely complicated conjuring trick, done almost for fun. The Teeth of the Tiger It was really almost like a conjuring trick. The Mysterious Affair at Styles And in the summer time he never came in without performing a sort of conjuring trick in the hall, and taking cucumbers and tomatoes from unexpected points of his person. Tono Bungay Poe's detective story is a sort of conjuring trick, but it is all the more interesting because he fully explains it. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans The thing was a common conjuring trick which I have seen performed at home a score of times; but how was I to convince the villagers of that? Island Nights' Entertainments He still liked Champion exactly as he liked him at school; he admired him as he would admire a conjuring trick done at the dinner-table. The Wisdom of Father Brown "Just as well, perhaps," he remarked, "that we worked that little conjuring trick." An Amiable Charlatan When they had reassembled Mr. Goodenough showed them several simple but astonishing chemical experiments, which stupefied them with wonder; and concluded with three or four conjuring tricks, which completed their amazement. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War He probably could perform some simple chemical experiments and conjuring tricks, and had a store of what sounded to ignorant people profound teaching about deep mysteries, and gave forth enigmatical utterances about his own greatness. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts I mean some of those Indian fellows can do all sorts of wonderful conjuring tricks. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret He desired to see Jesus that he might see a miracle done to amuse him, like a conjuring trick. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark "Take back your beads, cummer; I know no legerdemain, can do no conjuring tricks," said the mediciner, who, more moved than perhaps his rugged nature had anticipated, endeavoured to avoid receiving the ill omened gift. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day He was an excellent performer on the piano, flute, and violin, did conjuring tricks, and delighted the natives of the Aran Islands with his penny whistle. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century This was done at once, and she began to perform her conjuring tricks with Mr. Jubber and one of the ring-keepers on either side of her, officiating as assistants. Hide and Seek There's an afternoon performance of conjuring tricks; and, do you know, I really think I might take Carmina to see it. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time On one or two evenings some very agreeable neighbours came in; and in addition to bagatelle we had puzzles, conundrums, and conjuring tricks. The Englishwoman in America "Is it not the same person who was playing conjuring tricks in the park?" inquired Wilhelm. O. T. a Danish Romance It was the nearest thing Ginger had seen to a conjuring trick, and at that moment he was ill-attuned to conjuring tricks. The Adventures of Sally The desired effect is discounted, like a conjuring trick in which the mechanism is too transparent. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship A few steps further on a juggler had placed between four candles his X-shaped table, and was displaying his conjuring tricks in the midst of a crowd, who were evidently thinking only of the juggler. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness Do you expect God to put cash into your desk by a conjuring trick? The Creative Process in the Individual It was the German Heinrich, who was exhibiting to them his conjuring tricks. O. T. a Danish Romance It keeps them amused and interested and gets them out of the way, and they think I am going to do a conjuring trick with it. The Adventures of Sally There is a favorite conjuring trick, which always amuses people, though it deceives no one. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals He's useful at the entertainments—does conjuring tricks—stupid, but they seem to amuse people. The Prince and Betty There are many conjuring tricks by which the pride of reason seeks to avoid the disgrace of not being able to exceed the bounds of human nature in extending the circle of its knowledge. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller The belief that such relics were endowed with miraculous properties had been utilised to convert them into fetishes, and pampered by fraudulent conjuring tricks. England under the Tudors "V'la!" he observed, with the satisfied air of a man who has successfully performed a difficult conjuring trick. The Adventures of Sally Though he proceeded without haste, the unerring precision of his movements, the absolute soundlessness of the operation, gave it something of the quality of a conjuring trick. Victory An Island Tale I went up to the accountant's wicket and poked the ball of money at him with a quick convulsive movement as if I were doing a conjuring trick. Literary Lapses Here is a fair heritage lost, I dare say, on a foul cast at dice, or a conjuring trick at cards!—My lord, your surprise is well played. The Fortunes of Nigel He sang funny songs to them and told funny stories, did conjuring tricks and got up theatricals, shared their fun and comforted their sorrows. English Literature for Boys and Girls Then a tall, straight, wellmade, energetic woman appeared like a conjuring trick from behind a portiere. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns But I didn't expect him to turn into a conjuring trick, which is what he did. The Firefly of France He should be clever as a conjurer, and be well provided with conjuring tricks, together with a magic lantern, magnetic battery, dissolving views, photographic apparatus, coloured pictorial illustrations, &c., &c. Ismailia When Sisera went forth to battle, their conjuring tricks had shown him to them as he lay on the bed of a Jewish woman. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Twitching his fingers as though performing a conjuring trick, the old man continued to sit with his hands stretched over the embers. Through Russia How would it be," enquired Reggie, appearing in the doorway like part of a conjuring trick, "if I gave her a flower or two every now and then? A Damsel in Distress "It is a bit like an Indian conjuring trick," I said, looking up to the sky above us; "who fired the shot?" The Quest of the Sacred Slipper We must remember, in this connection, that a number of conjuring tricks, AS DESCRIBED, would be quite impossible to explain by any process of trickery. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life His extraordinary capacity for sitting as though glued to his table produced upon us the effect of an inexplicable conjuring trick. The Wife, and other stories There was a murmur of relief when Rollo hastily declared that he could do a few conjuring tricks. Reginald in Russia and other sketches She expected him to talk about her conjuring tricks. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Syme, who was commonly a cool character, was literally gaping as a rustic gapes at a conjuring trick. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare Accustomed as she was to her nephew's conjuring tricks, this beat everything. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Nothing it more bewildering than a good conjuring trick till we know how it is done, and Nature is the supreme conjurer. The Grey Room The time for joking was past; and he must no longer yield to his love of astonishing people with claptrap and conjuring tricks. The Crystal Stopper He was doing a conjuring trick with some household utensils, and the family, now won over to him without exception, was beholding him with worshipful admiration. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million The poorer, less regular brethren of the art, harped and played conjuring tricks, in farm and grange, or at street corners. A Collection of Ballads I felt like a man who has just seen a new conjuring trick. The First Men in the Moon |
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