| 单词 | evil eye |
| 例句 | With his evil eye blazing down the rifle’s barrel he aimed at my forehead and I heard the shot ring out. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Fuller shifted this cigar, giving me the evil eye. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Only when he passed in front of Ultima did he glance up, and in that swift glance his evil eye vowed his revenge on Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We say it to keep someone from catching the evil eye.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As they left the holding room to pay the fine, Nathan took one last glance and saw those evil eyes blink and disappear. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The baby was thirty days old, and we had to be careful about infections, foul breezes, and the evil eye. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If the plants in somebody’s garden suddenly withered or became infested with mites and aphids, the owner of that garden had a tendency to blame Cleofes Apodaca’s evil eye. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No one even looked at me with evil eyes or called me a name! Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs curtains at the Black Swan twitched open and I think I glimpsed Isaac Pye in a kite of sunshine, giving us all the evil eye. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Annabeth gave me the evil eye, but I guess she could tell I wasn’t going to change my mind. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She carefully takes it in her right hand and sweeps it over my head while she recites a quiet prayer asking God to remove the evil eye and keep me under his protection. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In each of their evil eyes, I saw the reflection of the fire from the cross that was burning on my aunt’s lawn. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Could it be the evil eye?” asked Dona Maria, holding the velvet bag in the palm of her left hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In the hospital, she pinned a tiny onyx badge on his diaper to guard against the evil eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I had drawn a figure of a woman with wild hair and evil eyes and a rope around her neck. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I think about running out so she can’t pull the evil eye on me again, but Hairwoman, my English teacher, is patrolling the hall and I forgot to go to her class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z And before they started up, I gave them my own evil eye, and Fern muffled a “she started it.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z His sweating horse pranced nervously at the edge of the bank while Tenorio’s evil eye searched the brush for me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or a lighter ship,” he suggests, burning me an evil eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Yeah, this feels far worse than the evil eye B-Cubed threw my way after ending my season three years ago. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Caputo was still pacing and coughing, giving us the evil eye and warning us that if we crossed into the no-go zone of the penthouse suite, he would have us removed from the apartment. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Rus, the wolf-dog-coyote, sprawled out on the carpet while Calamity Jane gave him the evil eye from the hall. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Looking a bit baffled, Sam said nothing, but continued to give Enoch the evil eye. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I caught a quick glimpse of sliding scales and an evil eye, maybe a fang. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You rotten loathsome slime! If you come near my family, I’ll rip that evil eye of yours right out of your face!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On a night when the moon gazed down like an evil eye, the young prince appeared in Jemmy's chamber. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z His evil eye grew narrow as he grinned. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When my mother tells the story, this is the point where she pushed herself up on her elbows, giving the midwife’s pale, sweaty face some powerful evil eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She wore a scapular with the images worn away by sweat, and on her right wrist the fang of a carnivorous animal mounted on a backing of copper as an amulet against the evil eye. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Mom, it’s okay. No one gave me the evil eye. I’m good.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z No customers were over by the peanut stand where that same old woman from the last visit was giving me the evil eye. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Quincy give him the evil eye when she see him. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Amulets warding against the evil eye girded her arms and neck. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Biting into a tiny sugar-covered cake, I gave each of the girls the evil eye, letting them know Mamá was not a topic that we needed to discuss, not with a perfect stranger like Cecilia. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Thank you and goodbye and be careful of the evil eye. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Polly looked happy and healthy enough standing on his cage, but he still gave me the evil eye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They looked about for a hiding-place where they could shelter from evil eyes while the light lasted. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Take her out of herel The witch will put an evil eye on her!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A sachet of magic powders to ward off the evil eye when I go to the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A corno looks like a tiny chili pepper, but it’s a small, twisted red horn, meant to ward off the evil eye and any curses to your manliness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I gave him the evil eye and chewed angrily on a sporkful of salad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The Ash Being’s evil eyes stared back at Nathan from the man’s shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His neighbors kept their distance, claiming he had El Ojo, the “evil eye.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave her the evil eye right back and gathered my things quickly before she had a chance to grab anything else. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She avoided looking at it, as if it were the malocchio, the evil eye, out to curse her worse than she already is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z How she could ward off the malocchio, the evil eye, with a prayer and the dip of her pinkie into a bowl of water sprinkled with a few drops of olive oil. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Maybe she doesn’t want to swim,” Lanetta Gainer says innocently, but that doesn’t stop Maricela from giving her the evil eye. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z First, hiding the ball, she gave the stick the evil eye. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Spoken like a couple of spoiled brats,” Juanita said, giving them the evil eye. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her bad heart floats in her body like an eye, an evil eye, it sees me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The next thing upon which Mrs. Dodson cast her evil eye was comic books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I hope he isn’t around when I have to run that maze, thought Ralph, darting around the fishbowl, trying to avoid that evil eye. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Then Cora fixed her with the evil eye and the girl knew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Everyone else gets to carve theirs,” I said, pointing to all the other kids who were busy scratching out big evil eyes and teeth with their unsharp baby knives. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was the first thing that happened today. Then I go into the locker room and all the guys are giving me the evil eye because I blew the game, right?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen them speer at the fellow, and put out their twa fingers when they saw him, to guard against the evil eye. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The shark paused and stared up at the company with small evil eyes. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m in two classes with her, and she always gives me the evil eye from afar. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z All the characters—from a modern-day Penitente and a child suffering from the evil eye to a boa-constrictor breeder—seek transformation and to resolve the messiness of their lives. This Week in Fiction: Kirstin Valdez Quade 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z A gang of weird sisters still roams the foggy Scottish moors, periodically speaking in riddles and giving Macbeth the evil eye. Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Awash in Gorgeous Carnage 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z It keeps the evil eye away from you. Sona Movsesian Leans on The Rock, Cher and Mister Rogers 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z I had thought that color would keep away the evil eye. First Person: Burning Your Diaries: First Person 2011-09-30T22:56:35Z Plus: a panel about black conceptualism, a show that touches on the Mexican Revolution, and lots of evil eye. Datebook: Dirigibles, comic book noir and photos of the American West 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z “I use it every day in front of my shop to keep the evil eye away,” he said. Don’t squander your layover in Dubai. Fill your bags with spices and gold. 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z They also mention “a pattern of defying certain proscriptions of the Orthodox shtetl” in Soutine’s art, reminding us of the Second Commandment’s prohibition of graven images and the many folk superstitions about the “evil eye.” Chaim Soutine Show at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z In Switzerland and France until the 1960s owls were routinely nailed to the barn door to ward off lightning or the evil eye. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z And most dire: “You are just attracting the evil eye on you and your family.” How Francis Lam, son of immigrants, became the voice of America’s food culture 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z It hunts at night, slithers in from the banks, invisible except for its evil eyes. Giant Otters of the Amazon; Spiral – review 2013-02-10T08:00:06Z The baby shower mishegas is an outright invitation to the evil eye to descend upon the unborn baby in vengeance for rubbing your happiness in others’ faces and “counting your chickens before they hatch.” Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z My personal favorite was the “evil eye” room — covered in the ubiquitous blue-glass amulet that, in a rare accord, both Turks and Greeks agree protects the bearer from malevolent stares, if not economic catastrophe. T Magazine: A Tree Grows in Athens 2011-06-28T18:34:58Z Same message as your evil eye, but costing a smaller chunk of my soul. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How much do you tell the kids about their narcissistic grandpa? 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It bore a charm to ward off the evil eye. Paris Fashion Week: Their Feet May Be Stars in Japan 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z Was I really going to allow stereotypes shaped by polarized political debates to sabotage my relationship with my own sister, who feeds me like a doting mother and protects me with a Greek evil eye? When Trump vs. Clinton Becomes a Family Affair 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z A snarling mouth, an evil eye, broken nose — if he should happen to have thick ears, good! Books of The Times: A Life Built on Illusion: More Tease Than Strip 2010-12-19T23:12:36Z She gave me a Greek “evil eye,” a glass trinket symbolizing our shared bloodline. When Trump vs. Clinton Becomes a Family Affair 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Elizabeth and Philip give each other the evil eye. 'The Americans' Recap: Intimacy in the Line of Duty 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z For example, newborns must wear a red beaded bracelet with a giant stone to help protect them from el mal de ojo, or the evil eye. Seeing God's wrath in the hurricanes 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z The entrance, for instance, is decorated with blue amulets believed to ward off the evil eye. Ottoman Taverna review: Out of the flames comes a meaty taste of Turkey 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Instead of feeling the evil eye from a cashier or the scrutiny of a social worker, a chorus of trolls questioned my every move. My life on food stamps: I felt ashamed buying olive oil 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Good-luck things, my evil eyes to protect me, things I need, photographs, all my papers, my mail, things I have to read ... my life. Diane von Furstenberg: A Life in Five Floors 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z They gave me sacred verses to recite and asked holy men to check if anyone had cast the evil eye on me. From a Sale, Lace Undergarments, Never Worn 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The evil eye will be on the wall. Eric Bogosian breaks down "Uncut Gems" and Adam Sandler's "amazing" performance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z At his trial people testified that, among other things, he had caused a man’s urinary agony — current medical evidence suggests the guy had kidney stones — by giving him “the evil eye.” Perspective | Trump says he’s the victim of a witch hunt. These politicians were treated worse. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Depictions of roses, a skull, a goat and a Santería evil eye dance around them, illuminated in sepia spotlights and looking like they could have come straight from a deck of tarot cards. Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as warning for the U.S. in new graphic memoir ‘Worm’ 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z He had also conducted internet searches for voodoo and how to "remove the evil eye", police said. Andrea Cardinale: Killer of Italian couple in Stockton sentenced 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Just line up over there, behind the bearded men from Iran with evil eyes wearing robes, sandals and turbans. UAW should have hired Hunter Biden 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z To her, it looked like he was afflicted with a supernatural curse that has roots in different cultures across history, the “evil eye.” Behind Argentina’s World Cup Magic, an Army of Witches 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z An unusually batty college football season heads for the usual batty November with an evil eye upon 13. Analysis | The College Football Playoff contenders have narrowed to, oh yeah, 13 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z He feeds Simba milk three times a day and has taken other steps to ensure his wellbeing - a black thread around the animal's throat to ward off the evil eye. Are you kidding? Baby goat wows fans with 22-inch ears 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z "We recite Koranic verses and blow on him to cast away the evil eye," he told AFP. Pakistan goat: Long-eared kid becomes star 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z “We were severely shunned. People would walk past and give us the evil eye, turn their face against us,” she said. With its polygamist rulers gone, a community makes a comeback 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Practices include black magic, white magic, Wicca, Reiki, Tarot, astrology, and healers of the evil eye and other ailments. Behind Argentina’s World Cup Magic, an Army of Witches 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z So potent that the stone stands in for the evil eye, warding off jealousy, a blank blue eye open and unblinking. I like my bling to match my skin. But this turquoise ring is my inheritance 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “It’s blue camo with glitter and stars, and an evil eye on the back.” Her skis stolen, US Olympic hopeful Dani Loeb stays upbeat 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Hendricks was raised in a cocktail of conservative Islam and the folk magic of her own mother, a shaman who would read coffee grinds and see evil eyes. From spellcasting to podcasting: Inside the life of a teenage witch There are no longer fidget spinners at every store — evil eye charms, keychains and ornaments seem to be the current trend. Chinatown's swap meets and what defines a neighborhood 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Where he lacked formal knowledge of the practice, he made up for it by playing recorded versions from YouTube - most of them focused on supernatural concepts such as "black magic and the evil eye". Hossam Metwally: How doctor's 'bizarre' exorcism trial unfolded 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Still, two items caught my eye: a pair of evil eye studs and a diamond solitaire. I like my bling to match my skin. But this turquoise ring is my inheritance 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z She included an emoji to ward off the “evil eye” on social media. Gal Gadot confirms what Golden Globes viewers had speculated: She's pregnant again 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z This is the realm of the saints and black magic, of the earnest prayer and the evil eye and the never-ending war between good and bad energies. Texan botanicas and healers’ business boom during pandemic 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z My mom would slowly roll it over our bodies, while uttering a prayer, to guard against “mal ojo,” or evil eye. Perspective | For people of color, choosing which masks to put on, and which ones to take off, brings a challenge 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “She has the evil eye,” said her brother, who was present at the interview. Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Plus, in a last-minute extravagance by my partner, the evil eye studs. I like my bling to match my skin. But this turquoise ring is my inheritance 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z On a tiled wall nearby, a blue-and-white evil eye hung on a string. The Black Cube Chronicles: The Private Investigators 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z In the mix are slender diamond-studded Gothic crosses, the symbol for om, crescent moons and traditional motifs protecting against the evil eye. Jewelry designer Sheryl Lowe wants her pieces to create a sense of adventure for the wearer 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s now an entrenched practice in concert halls, with some listeners giving the evil eye and shushing concertgoers who dare to break the silence between the movements of a larger work. It’s OK to clap between movements at the symphony 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Witness the fact that throughout history and across cultures, anyone who enjoyed a piece of good fortune feared and set up defenses against the “evil eye.” Opinion | The Upside of Envy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Yetemegnu aches to dance, but her mother says that would attract the evil eye. A child bride who longed to dance 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z He saw me come out, and as I gave him the evil eye, he looked at me and said "this is none of your business man". Can I Use My Dad’s Connections to Get an Internship? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z There are spills, pushes, elbows, evil eyes and worse over 16 laps as two dozen skaters vie in a pack for one gold medal. Forget speedskating tradition. Here’s the mad mass start! 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Another Ganesh that I got in India, a Fabergé egg with a little evil eye in it, a shell for the pilgrims who walked to Compostela. Sally Quinn 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Of course, there is not much talk today about the evil eye, at least not in the West, but it surely isn’t because we are less prone to envy than our ancestors. Opinion | The Upside of Envy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Nightshade was considered potent protection against witchcraft during the Middle Ages, and a sprig tied to the neck of a cow was sure to ward off the evil eye. Bittersweet Nightshade: Look, but Don’t Taste 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z “And instead of looking at each other with an evil eye, we’re praying for each other, laughing, checking on each others’ families. Niecy Nash finds sisterhood on TNT’s ‘Claws,’ in Hollywood 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “When he gives you the evil eye, he just dares you to come past him. Not just horses, but he would look the jockeys down.” A legacy too great to forget as it's 40 years since Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “Somebody must have given me the evil eye,” he told me. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z He would sweep up and attach key rings to little red horn amulets that resembled chili peppers and were used for protection against the jealous curse known as the “malocchio,” or the evil eye. Sustained by Saints and Song, This Little Italy Shopkeeper Hangs On 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn — known for its party-fishing boats and waterfront restaurants — there is only one store specializing in evil eye amulets. A Brooklyn Store That Specializes in the Evil Eye 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Prabhati’s mother, Radha Rani, takes her to a country witch, who traces shapes around her head with a broom and declares that someone has cast an evil eye on her. Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Now he feels his survey course, History of the Western Theatre—the field he had been hired to teach—has been getting the evil eye. The New Activism of Campus Life 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z This supplemented “Dardasha,” which also featured some lessons about social traditions, including the evil eye, the belief that envy can cause misfortune. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Intrinsically, we recognize anger and annoyance in a bear as growling or spitting or standing on its hind legs and giving you the evil eye and maybe batting at the air or something like that. Remembering the Woman Who Helped Bears in Distress 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z “Amulets are worn to repel the evil eye.” A Brooklyn Store That Specializes in the Evil Eye 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z An archeology graduate student living across the street suspected he might be an artifact hunter and gave him, according to her own and Garner’s accounts, the evil eye. Uncovering the Luna Colony, a Lost Remnant of Spanish Florida 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z "It stops the evil eye seeing our money," says one man outside his bustling furniture workshop. The troubleshooting teddies of Tirana - BBC News 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Occasionally an elderly person smiled at the toddlers and said, “Wehish, wehish”—“Beastly, beastly!”—which confused me until somebody explained that a reverse compliment is another way of deflecting the evil eye. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “Our wealth is in gold; the government’s evil eye is on this wealth. This is absolutely wrong, and we oppose this move. This wealth is God’s, not the government’s.” India, Seeking a Boost, Plans to Put Its ‘Idle Gold’ to Work 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Magic and science, evil eyes and saints’ lives: these things repose side by side in a labyrinth of imagery and icons and memory. The World’s Weirdest Library 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z We move ahead slowly, until suddenly we see it: 14 yards from end to end, one of the largest, bluest, meanest bird faces imaginable, evil eye and threatening beak, painted on the artificial grass. Undercover operation gets field ready for Seahawks playoff game 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z “He didn’t smile or say anything. And he looked at us with evil eyes.” ISIS Hostages Endured Torture and Dashed Hopes, Freed Cellmates Say 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z “The Americans with their drones in the sky and those with their evil eyes on the ground,” it added, warning others who cooperate with the U.S. that they would “face the same destiny.” Yemeni president dismisses Cabinet to ease tension 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Little Yazidi boys, wearing a single golden earring to protect them from the evil eye, cling to their mothers, their eyes filled with fear. Finding new friends 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “If somebody is next to you and they’re not behaving properly, you can kind of give them the evil eye and look at the sign. It gives you a line of defense.” In Ocean City, a new kind of beach cleanup "She learned to walk too soon, and she was so nimble-footed. Perhaps she caught an evil eye." A deadly descent into polio contagion 2014-05-10T01:47:27Z He fixed me with an admiral's “evil eye” and said, "Lieutenant Walsh, the Navy does not glue its ships together!" Diving Deeper Than Any Human Ever Dove 2014-04-01T04:00:00Z She was antsy, bumping around in her little kennel, giving her handlers the evil eye. Snowy owl moves on, with no goodbye 2014-02-11T23:24:07Z A survey conducted last year by the independent Levada Center polling agency found that 59% of respondents believe in “hexes and the evil eye.” Russian Region Wages War on Halloween 2013-10-31T17:35:28Z Making any preparation for death courts a fickle fate and tempts the evil eye. My Story: Deciding on Immortal Indulgences for Mom 2013-08-20T10:00:01Z Brazil When knitted red baby shoes are given to newborns in Brazil, it is believed they will bring the baby good luck and protect him or her from "evil eyes". Royal baby: What gift would you give? 2013-07-10T12:16:55Z It was hanging on a wire from the wooden door post - placed there last week, a neighbour said - as a charm to ward off the evil eye. India looks within itself for answers 2013-01-06T00:38:24Z His mother’s perspective, mainly on his ‘evil eyes’ with their ‘calculated pupils’ is the only one given. On being Adam Lanza’s mother 2012-12-17T13:59:00Z I don’t want to provoke the evil eye. The Aleppo Codex Mystery 2012-07-25T09:00:12Z But Farm Bill market inefficiencies don’t quite explain why House Republicans are giving it the evil eye. Why the Farm Bill is doomed (for now) 2012-07-24T17:30:00Z This is a special cure for the evil eye. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z "But she is a witch; beware of the evil eye," demurred Drake, who, like all West-countrymen, deeply believed in witchcraft and sorcery, far more so than dwellers in other parts of England. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z All the while Cimarron Bill, hat in hand, stood watching her closely with his evil eyes. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z And then, on a sudden, from out of the darkness, like an evil eye in the night, there appeared an answering light--small, far away, and yet marvellously distinct. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z And Americans knew little and cared less about the evil eye. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z "Yes, worse nor ever, I think; scarce ever opens her lips, and stares at yer awful, as though she had the evil eye." It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z Everyone looks upon me with an evil eye and becomes silent at my approach. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Aunt Carlotta said it was the Futurist, but Ad�le felt sure it was the Singer of the Verb of Magnificent Sterility, the one with the red and evil eyes. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z And were they likely—these wicked and envious agencies of the "evil eye"—to look on any human being so maliciously as on him who had aspired to converse with good angels? Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Aversions were attributed to the influence of an evil eye. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Then Michael took from his bosom the magic glass and looked through it, and saw no lovely child, but the same yellow hag with shrivelled face and evil eyes. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z Surely the “evil eye” had looked upon that house. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Truly, he might well say of himself, that he was born with the evil eye, which brings to its owner, as well as others, only misfortune. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z I was warned by Hadji not to look on the child or to admire him without saying "Mashallah," lest I should bring on him the woe of the evil eye. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z To this day the Irish peasantry, and even many of the superior classes, firmly believe in the malevolent and destructive effect of the evil eye, when cast upon man or beast. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z His evil eyes glared about him in search of something to kill. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Whether this hardened pretender could cast the evil eye or not, we never knew, for having bought two of his pictures at the first onset, we suffered ever afterward the sunshine of his favor. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z As I wrote in 2010, they are also used in traditional Asian medicine to “treat” conditions such as leprosy, heal broken bones and ward off the “evil eye.” Should YouTube Ban Videos of the Adorable but Endangered Slow Loris? 2012-01-28T15:15:00.200Z There are those who believe that Rome has an evil eye on this country, and that our next great battle will be with her hosts, rapidly mustering on these shores. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z I don't believe in magic, ghosts, witches, evil eye, Aladdin's lamp, or pixies. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Nevertheless, when once in the possession of mortals, they are accounted talismans against witchcraft, evil eyes, and elfish attacks. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The evil eye of Sani was now turned away from Sribatsa, and he again became what he formerly was, the Child of Fortune. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z He did not get far and came back with speed, for he had run into a six-foot Swazi warrior with an evil eye who appeared to be on guard. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Grace’s evil eye ever brought her bad luck when she crossed her path, and she shunned her as the pestilence. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z Quick, don't give him time to put the evil eye on us! Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z Shaughnessy silently exulted with evil eyes, which then again indifferently, dreamily, sought the ceiling. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z I booked it for possible contingencies; a hot-water bottle and a camera were obvious resting places for the evil eye. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z I think I see him now as he rose to the surface, blowing blood and spray, snorting with fury, with fire seeming to flash out of his little evil eyes. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z There was a searching back into memory for occasions when an evil eye might have rested upon him. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Meeker stood silent and motionless, the Colt as steady as a rock, and a heavy frown covered his face as he searched the evil eyes of his broncho-buster, whose smile remained fixed. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Nay, who shall decide that the evil eye is not itself located in the back of the head? A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Many superstitions still prevail among the peasantry; the belief in the vampire and the evil eye is almost universal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z They represent the blood and body of Christ and are probably believed to keep away the evil eye. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z As the medicine failed to have any beneficial effect, he declared that the child was suffering from the effects of the glance of an evil eye. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z In the fifth inscription, amongst the bad things are mentioned evil spirits, both male and female, the evil eye, sorcery, and enchantments both from men and women, along with Nidra and Levatta. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z On the contrary, it was all owing to the influence of the evil eye. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Perhaps also the hiding of his drinking may have had reference to the common fear of another’s “evil eye.” Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Any other woman, 170 except an aunt, would have cast an evil eye on her, the poor little orphan! Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z He took it into his head that the Armenian had cast the evil eye on him, and he took his gun, waited for his opportunity, and shot the Armenian dead. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z A woman with an evil eye once looked upon my little brother as he lay laughing in the cradle my father had hewn out of a log. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z The disasters of the Seven Years War had notably diminished the influence of the Marquise so that the École Militaire, considered as her work was regarded with an evil eye by the people of France. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The churn, so often bewitched of its butter, is certain to withstand the evil eye when the churn-staff is manufactured of the rowan tree. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z They have an evil eye, and may not be to blame. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z He said nothing more, and kept continually staring at the Duke with a most evil eye. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z From the time of Paine's speeches on the King's fate he was conscious that Marat's evil eye was on him. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z I am under the surveillance of a thousand evil eyes. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z There was the source of all the evil which might have befallen the peaceful valley of the Thames! the creature with the evil eye, the dispenser of misery and death! The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Singular! in spite of the playful tone, he tormented himself about this prophecy; he called me his jettatore, his evil eye, and always made the jettatore sign. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The authorities looked at him with suspicion and with an evil eye. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z It will dispel de charms of witchcraft, magic and sorcery, and turn away de stroke of de evil eye. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z And as in the previous night with its alarms she had wished day to come as quickly as possible, so now she looked with yearning for darkness to hide her more easily from evil eyes. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z And I thought every Scot looked glum as a stray dog in a new village, where every tyke moves stiffly as he passes and follows his course with evil eyes. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Why do you think that I have the power of the evil eye? The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The English of a certain class were always ready to turn an evil eye on all new drinks, and coffee had to take its share of abuse. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The rodent’s foot was commonly worn by the women, who, if we took notice of their children, sometimes would spit, to avert the evil eye. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Imagine a town—no evil eye!—a metropolis in Israel, without elders! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z He cast his evil eyes upon Sinnamenta, to love her after the fashion of his accursed race. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Had death on us an evil eye, Would he our pains remove, And set our spirits free to fly To peaceful realms above? Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The evil eye certainly looked out from under his low brows, but it was with his evil tongue that he could actually do the most mischief. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z In the middle of the stone chamber under the mill there is the entrance to a passage which communicates with that villainous cove over which the evil eye of the old mill forever gazes. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z In Rome the “evil eye” was so well recognized that Pliny states that special laws were enacted against injury to crops by incantation, excantation or fascination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The bloody and evil eyes glared round on every side as the great creature heaved itself into the air, the long "feather" of silky hair about its fetlocks waving like the pennons of lances. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Bracker, of course, denied everything in the most unabashed manner, looking with evil eye upon the recalcitrant warders and the 'good conduct' prisoners. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z He feared also the danger of her knowledge betraying itself to the evil eyes about her; but it must be risked—and she had always been a wise child. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z “I have a strange feeling in my bones,” he said with a shudder, “that those evil eyes are still fixed upon me!” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Charms were worn against the evil eye both by man and beast, and in Judges viii. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z And when I saw those evil eyes turning everywhere after a man, I remembered my own ancestors, whose counterfeits hung at home in the drawing-room; they were equally stern and iron-like. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z People appeared to regard the proceeding with evil eyes. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z After resting a few moments she cautiously drew on her skirt and fastened it, three pairs of red, evil eyes observing her threateningly. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z Magistus was revenging my escape from the fascination of his evil eye. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Spitting was among the Greeks and Romans a most common antidote to the poison of the evil eye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z In many subsequent examinations and trials, these magistrates required the accused to look upon the afflicted ones, and special note was taken of the apparent action of the supposed evil eye upon the sensitive children. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z But envy with its evil eye was peering. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The amiable Etelka possessed, according to her brilliant but superstitious rival, the evil eye; and after the affair of the bouquets no misfortune great or small happened, but it was attributed by Mdme. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Simon Magus, the prince of Egyptian magic, and he has evidently cast the evil eye upon you. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The evil eye was believed to have its impulse in envy, and thus it came 22 to be regarded as unlucky to have any of your possessions praised. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The villagers began to look upon Randolph as the easterns do upon one possessed of the evil eye, and rather shunned than courted his familiarity. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z These lords of the soil, though easy landlords, still cast an “evil eye” on the lands of their neighbour. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z If anything went wrong, from a false note in the orchestra to an earthquake, it was always, according to the divine Adelina, caused by Gerster and her "evil eye." The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Just like an angel with evil eye, I shall return to thee silently, Upon thy bower I'll alight, With falling shadows of the night. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z The powers of the evil eye seem indeed to have been most feared by the prosperous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z After all it was a matter of grave consideration that the Pater and the Merchant, the evil eyes and the good news, should fall upon precisely the same time: this 30th of March, Easter-eve. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Charms are worn on the heads and foreheads and necks of young children, and a sprig of green is worn also as a charm against the evil eye. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Patti made with her fingers the horn which is supposed to counteract or avert the effect of the evil eye; and once, when the two rivals were staying at the same hotel, Mdme. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Our lights are the eyes of the submarines—we must blind their evil eyes. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z The modern Turks and Arabs also think that their horses and camels are subject to the evil eye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The evil eye is as prevalent as in Naples, and most houses are protected from it by a horseshoe, such as we often see, for the matter of that, in non-superstitious England! Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The Finns, Lapps, and Scandinavians, the Arabs and the Turks are all firm believers in the evil eye. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Instinctively he drew in the thumb of his right hand, doubling his fingers over it, being afraid of the evil eye and its powers. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Every man who betrayed faith in omens or portents, or charms or spells, or the power of the evil eye, should be instantly clapped in the Castle. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The evil eye is still much feared for horses in India, China, Turkey, Greece and almost everywhere where horses are found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z An Obi man or woman always has the evil eye—mal de ojo—and can do harm by mere force of will power, even if the object be many miles removed. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z It was the friendly wink of an evil eye. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The evil eye, the evil eye!" exclaimed the poor girl with passionate emotion; "would that Alcala had never, never met their basilisk glance! The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z Had not omens and portents, and charms and spells, and the evil eye been believed in in all ages? The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z While the Italians are perhaps the greatest believers in the evil eye as affecting persons, the superstition is rife in the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The objection which a high caste Brāhman has to being seen by a low caste man when he is eating his food is based on a belief allied to that of the evil eye. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Van Hupfeldt whispered to himself, with an evil eye that meant no good to David. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z They are cursed with suspicion and the evil eye. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Where were his dreams now, his omens, his spells, and the power of the evil eye? The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z In Bombay the blast of the evil eye is supposed to be a form of spirit-possession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z If he is frightened, the evil eye has been averted. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z He checked an astrological book — people who were born in the Year of the Rabbit should look away when the coffin is lowered into the ground to avoid attracting the evil eye. After Crash, Chinatown?s Funeral Row Is a Hub for Mourning 2011-03-24T15:59:33Z An evil eye from their neighbors was upon them. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z I should establish myself there, were there not so many accursed ones, who look upon me with an evil eye. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z But night came from the rim of autumn skies, Came from the forest's shallow, evil eyes. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z The indecent figures carved on temple cars, are intended to avert the evil eye. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z I had an eerie feeling as if he had cast an evil eye upon me, it seemed sometimes as if he were staring piercingly at me out of the dark with his only sound one. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Sickness and misfortune are usually ascribed to the influence of the evil eye of the Booda, or sorcerer. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The soldiers who had been left to execute their commander's unnatural order glanced fearfully at one another, and he who held the ring muttered a charm against the evil eye. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The tumult grew in intensity; torches flashed and dimmed in and out about the temple like evil eyes. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z This is said to avert the evil eye. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z In spite of the religion taught by Silas Pence at the Little Bethel chapel, Mrs. Giles was primitive enough to believe in the power of the evil eye. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The influence of the evil eye exercises a strong control over the minds of all. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z One glance at the man's evil eyes would have told you that he lied. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z ‘She has the evil eye,’ said he, ‘and is sure to bring bad luck to any one who closely links his destiny with hers.’ Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z When the hill Kondhs are threshing the crop, strangers may not look on the crop, or speak to them, lest their evil eye should be cast on them. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z But the delusive gleam had vanished from the eyes which the boy had pronounced 'beautiful evil eyes,'--they were shining with the clear sunshine of love and happiness. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z True, thou didst bear me children, but they withered as by the evil eye. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z It was infallible against the evil eye, and was powerful in many other circumstances. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z She had an evil eye, Dorothy asserted, and further declared that she knew she could not sleep that night for thinking of her. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sudden illness of children is often attributed to the evil eye. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Ah, the child with the red-gold hair and the beautiful evil eyes. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z In his hand he held a thing that glittered like an evil eye. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "It seems," said the captain, "as if someone has the gift of the evil eye, for, since we left England, ill-luck follows in our wake." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Such a commodity of warm slaves" in Stratford had for some time looked with evil eye upon young Shakespeare. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z If the chillies produce a strong smell, the evil eye has been averted. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The little man regarded the unkempt crew with evil eyes. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z My husband's father, after scrutinising my face with great care, said to my mother-in-law: “Do you not see, she has the evil eye?” Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The word is spelled in many ways which connect it with the Old Norse runa, a charm, it being supposed to have power to ward off the effects of the evil eye. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z A man with a short square beard, his dark hair cut "en brosse," with evil eyes and an aquiline nose, rather crooked below the bridge. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Sudden failure of milk, or blood-stained milk, are attributed to the evil eye, to remove the influence of which the owner of the affected cow resorts to the magician. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Marston looked at him with an evil eye; it was a sneer of intense anger. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z But Dio, says Young, explained that he was taught the so-called corna sign by his Italian grandmother, as a way to scare off the "evil eye", a look which is said to cause bad luck. Throwing horns 2010-05-18T09:26:00Z On the ice Sulej, his partner, also gave him the evil eye. 2010-02-16T11:30:00Z Once more he gazed at the sinister face, with its black beard and evil eyes. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z She makes it a rule to speak deprecatingly of her child, and represents it as the victim of non-existent ailments, so that your evil eye shall not affect it. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The evil eye is believed to enchant in a very powerful and distressing manner. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments I have seen meaning looks, glances pass from evil eye to evil eye. The Princess Galva A Romance He strove to escape the evil eyes of calumny and imperial distrust by the most abject renunciation. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The square-cut beard had been shaved away, but above it gleamed those evil eyes and the hooked nose slightly bent of the man in the faded photograph! The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The figures, pots, and skulls, are primarily intended to scare away crows, stray cattle, and other marauders, and secondly to ward off the evil eye. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z To guard them from the supposed influence of the envious or evil eye, they have recourse to various expedients. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments It is a musical compound affair—one bell inside the other with a blue bead in the last one to keep off the evil eye. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise They believe its victims to have become bewitched, having had an evil eye cast upon them; the result is that they redouble the incantations which they consider to be necessary to remove all illness. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He had gained her ear to hint a warning against Christian, justifying it against her passion with a definite charge and instance that he had the evil eye. The Unknown Sea Charms, in the form of metal cylinders, are worn to avoid the baneful influence of the evil eye. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z She was credited with the evil eye, and awestruck neighbours told dark tales of terrible misfortunes having befallen those who were unfortunate or rash enough to cross her will. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life We met a little puny calf next, standing shrunken and forlorn in the drizzle, but not too shrunken and friendless to have a string of blue beads around his neck to avert the evil eye. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise "That cow has been milked by someone with an evil eye," said he. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry It looks as if not a beast has gone and died by nature or mischance, not a bone gets out or broken, but there's a try to fix it on you with your evil eye. The Unknown Sea Woe betide the possessor of the evil eye, if no pungent, suffocating smell arises when it is burning. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z They say she has a bad time of it—no evil eye to her days—can't get on with his children. Yiddish Tales "Irreverent varlet!" exclaimed the Baron, fiercely, darting at me a glance from his evil eye that froze my very marrow. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I He follows me about; he's got a grudge against me for something—I can see it in his evil eye—and some day he'll pay it off. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne The mullahs or priests enjoy very great influence, but the people are very superstitious, believing in witchcraft, omens, spirits and the evil eye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The other nodded, and made with his digits that "fig of Spain" which averts the evil eye; but under his loose blouse half furtively as if ashamed of his precaution. The Firebrand She has no time for these frivolities during the week, there is work in plenty, no evil eye! and sewing to do; rent is high, and times are bad. Yiddish Tales It was as if he possessed the gift of the evil eye. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Was there such a thing as the drug of the evil eye? The Social Gangster We are 24 in such cases excommunicated, henceforth and forever, under the awful ban of holy Seminary; and the evil eye of false report is upon us. Lives of Celebrated Women Some of the tribesmen shielded their faces against the evil eye while others muttered anxiously. Tahara Among African Tribes You, no evil eye, Reb Aaron," say they, "are a householder, and inherited a little something from your father. Yiddish Tales There is a superstition among the natives of Japan and China that anklets or bracelets of jade keep off the evil eye. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 "Oh, Professor Kennedy," I heard her say under her breath, "sometimes I fear that it is the mal de ojo—the evil eye." The Social Gangster Whether some superstitious lady thought that the wearing of horns would keep away the evil eye, or whether it was a mere frivol of some vain Duchess, I do not know. English Costume Shushungani was a tall, straight woman, very black, and with a sullen countenance and evil eyes. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story How should it, no evil eye! be his fault, that so many Jews are gathered together in one place and squeeze each other, all for love, squeeze each other to death for love? Yiddish Tales Is it from the Madanda, or the strange tribes of Gorongoza, death has come, or has the evil eye been used by the dwellers on the Maxe, who love us not? The Ruined Cities of Zululand Was the "evil eye" of superstition a scientific fact? The Social Gangster But the people there looked upon him with an evil eye on account of his religion, for which alone he sought this retreat, and by their ill treatment discouraged him from settling in that country. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts "Jupiter, ward from me Ahenobarbus' evil eye!" he called aloud, and turned. Triplanetary Belief in the evil eye, werewolves, and vampires is common among peasants, although younger ones are less likely to take such beliefs seriously. Area Handbook for Romania Well, not only have they their rain makers, but their sorcerers; and they believe firmly in witches, ghouls, the evil eye, and vampires. The Ruined Cities of Zululand They are so possessed, however, by terror of the "evil eye," which they firmly believe may be cast on their children by an admiring word or glance, that the smallest allusion to them is hazardous. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Sort of ill luck, eh—evil eye and all that kind of business? A Frontier Mystery The other world was real and close; the evil eye only one of the many inexplicable facts of every-day life. Triplanetary The Black Hand fixed its evil eye upon the family group and saw its chance. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half "I believe that girl has cast an evil eye on you," she began when Helen kept silence, busying herself with preparations. Helen Grant's Schooldays Elise had to pass close by them, and they fixed their evil eyes upon her; but she said a prayer as she passed, picked the stinging nettles, and hurried back to the palace with them. Favorite Fairy Tales The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women “Oh, how beautiful you are!” she whined, leering up at the queen with an evil eye. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales He has the evil eye—I couldn't move a muscle, I tell you! Triplanetary We invincibly and fatally met with the same dull streets, and the same dismal houses sullenly shut, which seemed to look at us with an evil eye. Priests, Women, and Families Like the humbler class of Italians, they have a mortal dread of something equivalent to the "evil eye." The Pearl of India I see in the note on “conturbabimus,” great stress is laid on the mischievous spell that envy was supposed to convey, like the “evil eye.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Now God curse her for a siren, a love thief, a hypnotizing snake, fascinating men with her evil eyes. The "Genius" She looks as if she had the evil eye. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Then he settled more comfortably on his perch, turned his head till his harsh beak and evil eye were aimed over his shoulder, steadily viewing something in the field below him. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in They fled as soon as he appeared, imagining that he had the evil eye. Ditte: Girl Alive! Curate.—There is something of the same superstition in the piece but one following, “malâ fascinare lingua” alludes evidently to the εὐφημία of the Greeks,—the superstition of the evil eye and evil tongue. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 From her tower she casts an evil eye towards the gloomy forest. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages He knew neither of them could be trusted further than they could be seen; that was stamped on their ugly faces, and the shifty look in their evil eyes. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol "They say I have the evil eye—" "You have, madama," I said bluntly, and then felt a choking in my throat, fearing my own rashness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Witches, and the discovery of them, and the influence of the evil eye are part and parcel of the Bodo and Dhimal superstitions. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies The very word invidere seems to have been adopted in its wider sense, from the particular superstition of the evil eye. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The next morning, there were rites to protect the household against witchcraft, the evil eye, and other machinations of his satanic majesty. Threads of Grey and Gold I must confess, notwithstanding the strong point of the closing question, I looked with an evil eye of longing on this very easy way of disposing of such cases. Household Papers and Stories He had remembered that evil eyes were watching; that his least move might subject Lancaster's daughters to the coarse comment of Shanty Town. The Plow-Woman The superstition of the Turks is nowhere so apparent as in their fear of the “evil eye.” Across Asia on a Bicycle We can easily conceive the evil eye of a lazar when he encountered a black cloak! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But the next instant he was gazing into the evil eyes, and their blades had crossed. Nuala O'Malley They are also a sovereign remedy against magic or the evil eye. Miss Cayley's Adventures It was nailed upon the gates of country farms, as a counter-charm against the evil eye, and was supposed to be a powerful antidote to incantations and witchcraft. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. A dread of the evil eye is one of their characteristics. Across Asia on a Bicycle The next picture on which he came illustrated a fairy-story, and represented a kobold or some malicious spirit with evil eyes, a fierce moustache and a huge open mouth. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 As in the East, where to refuse baksheesh is to lay oneself open to the curse of the evil eye, the beggar was regarded as the chief possessor of this bespelling member. Legends & Romances of Brittany I never suspected until I got into the church and looked around and couldn't see Bessemer anywhere; only the other one with his evil eyes gloating over me, and then I knew! Exit Betty For instance, it was said that they possessed "an evil eye," and that, if they looked on a man before he saw them, he would forthwith lose his voice. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. And here, in this ill-omened Africa, the evil eye has looked at her, and she thinks herself a Christian, when she is just as much a hippogriff, or a chimæra.” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century “Italo says,” she began, after a silence such as often fell while she posed and he painted, “that Mr. Landini has the evil eye.” Aurora the Magnificent The Turks and Moors paint an open hand as a specific against the evil eye. Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The Apache looked up at him from under his banged hair and his evil eyes roved fearfully about. Wunpost I was recently speaking to an Italian lady who informed me that belief in "the evil eye" is still very prevalent in many parts of Italy. Byways of Ghost-Land As she walked toward them a beggar roused himself from the grass and looked covetously through his evil eyes at the child’s rich clothes. Carmen Ariza "Go away," says I, speaking in a tone of command from under the bedclothes, "or if it is my purse you want, take it; but take that evil eye from my countenance." Phemie Frost's Experiences Such admiration would surely attract "the evil eye," and then woe to the little one! Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Now, armlets of glittering yellow suddenly flashed in the thick of the besieging tentacles, and two great evil eyes glared for a second at Keith Wells. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 In silence four of the men advanced, while the evil eyes of Smallbones savagely glowered at the doctor. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Strange faces meet their view, they hear strange words in tongues unknown, And evil eyes with threatening gaze are sternly looking down. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Only his gleaming evil eyes continued to rest on the two men without wink or change. In the Shadow of the Hills The people have many curious beliefs about the influence of the "evil eye" and as many curious charms to protect them from this influence. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It The fabled effects of the basilisk, the serpent, and the evil eye, have probably all some facts for their foundation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 He made out the gray hair, the smiling, evil eyes. The Law-Breakers The Spanish ladies used to wear it as an antidote against the evil eye, and the Portuguese called it the Elfin plant, and dedicated it to the fairies. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Rogue Rogan, his vicious lips compressed, his glittering evil eyes narrowed, heart pounding, knew that this was it. Runaway She lived in the midst of continual strife, cursings, "evil eyes," and fights. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It The Egyptians of all ranks are terribly afraid of what they call the evil eye, and stifle themselves and children in all kinds of rags to avoid being bewitched. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 His evil eyes lit with a smile of appreciation as he dropped his paddle and thrust his hands high above his head. The Law-Breakers They all refused; they feared the evil eye of the vigilance committee of a Fenian organisation still in full swing among us, and keeping regular books for settlement when they have the power. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The evil eyes of the creatures were fastened upon him; tentacle arms uncoiled and reached forth as if to break down the barrier that separated them. Wanderer of Infinity A diplomat calls Seward the evil eye of the Cabinet, and of the country. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Demon, devil!" groaned the warrior—"devil of the evil eye! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 For a few seconds Jean stood motionless, staring at the lifeless body of her husband, who lay with face upturned, the evil eyes closed, the hands listless by his sides. The White Lie He has killed the son of Buffalo Horn with the evil eye. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys He could catch only the steely speculation in Purcell's evil eyes. Valley of Wild Horses In many primitive places that combination would have won her the name of having the evil eye. Louisiana Lou A Western Story See how they are always closing one hand and pointing down two of its fingers to ward off the evil eye. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader Back or forward, do not try, Fixed you are, by the evil eye! Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Those who look with an evil eye upon these promotions, do not fairly estimate the national importance of education for the rich and powerful. Practical Education, Volume II The evil eyes of Black Moran leered, and looking straight into them, Connie deliberately raised his arms above his head and yawned. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Having gulped a couple of fiery drinks, he shivered and straightened up, his evil eyes losing their look of fright. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The men are exhausted,” said General Floyd,—a stout, heavy man, with thick lips, a large nose, evil eyes, and coarse features. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field The ruby with its heart of fire seemed now to the excited girl to possess an evil eye which could see through her. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School But the people of the place having, from her early youth, made up their minds that she had the “evil eye,” nothing could eradicate that impression. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The place seemed to be without a human being, until Jordan suddenly heard the crackling of branches, and there appeared before him a young man with deep-set, evil eyes, and large, pouting mouth. Rose O'Paradise There are many who stare and point and even some who make the sign of the evil eye when they see this impossible ensemble. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The disciples of Balaam have an evil eye, a haughty spirit, and a narrow mind. Hebrew Literature But my lions were awake, moving noiselessly to and fro, eyes shining in the dusk; and the elephant, a shapeless pile of shadow against the sky, stood watching us with little, evil eyes. The Maids of Paradise He was squatting on a bone in one corner, glaring at her with his little evil eyes, and moving his horizontal mandibles as if he would dearly like to eat her. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure To my heated imagination each nail seemed glaring directly at me, menacing me like the evil eye of a bird of prey. Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly He regarded Will with a yellow and evil eye. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain “There are those, and they are many, who would brave the fiercest storm rather than risk Dame Margery’s evil eye.” In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Then it seemed to divide into two glimmers—they blinked at her like evil eyes. Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea His name"—his evil eyes were glued upon her face—"was Bough. The Dop Doctor I must tell you that this woman had the reputation of having the evil eye. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story The monster is gifted with the evil eye, killing whomsoever it looks upon. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) An thou cast the evil eye on me, I’ll sheathe my blade in thy flesh. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Acron was a bold, energetic, and determined man, who had already acquired great fame by his warlike exploits, and who had long been watching the progress of the new colony with an evil eye. Romulus Makers of History His hostility was excited against me, and during the rest of the voyage he watched me with an evil eye, and appeared to be waiting for an opportunity to do something. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy Her friends Rachel and Rebekah had deserted her, for at the first mention of the evil eye they had looked askance, and now they never came to play nor to entertain her with their talk. Christmas Light Then suddenly I remembered the flaw in his armour, and that he who could neither be persuaded by friendship nor coerced by authority trembled before a baseless superstition—the dread of the evil eye. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Then I felt rough hands around my body, while evil eyes gleamed; but I still saw the love-light shining from my mother's eyes, and I heard a voice saying, "He must not suffer harm." The Birthright Few were the Athenians who would pass that cleft in the Areopagus where the “Avengers” had their grim sanctuary without a quick motion of the hands to avert the evil eye. A Victor of Salamis The heads of the oxen alone are furnished with harness, to which a string of large bright blue glass beads is added, to protect the animals from the fascination of the evil eye. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Why, by charming away the wicked spirit who had cast an evil eye upon her. Christmas Light This report of the English ships is, I am sorry to say, still current, and the English are looked on with an evil eye by the lower orders. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. The red barbarian, in particular, he regarded with an evil eye—holding him in worse and worse odor, as the rest received him into higher and higher favor. Burl If I could have remembered at that moment one of the simple dodges for averting the evil eye I should have used it. Waiting for Daylight As our train was steaming up a civilian gave vent to his feelings by fixing his evil eyes upon us and at the same time moving his lips with a deadly purpose, cursing us inaudibly. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Our neighbour Zalmen was a giant of a man—may no evil eye harm him! Jewish Children The evil eyes gloated, the long fingers clutched the pile and swept it into a great inside pocket. Northern Lights For this same reason, perhaps, Metternich and his colleagues in the Holy Alliance looked upon the Greek revolution with an evil eye. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) People had always told her that Betty was a witch, and that Tom had the power of the evil eye, and now she began to believe them. Cornwall's Wonderland The day was young and no one about, and she gazed far out at sea, straining her evil eyes until they seemed to start from their sockets. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus He says that householders are plentiful as dogs, but there is only one beadle—may no evil eye harm him! Jewish Children It was none other than our friend here with the evil eye—Kniaz!' Werwolves The evil eyes of the serpent are bent upon the nearest nest, and toward it he makes his way, followed and beset by all the wrens in the vicinity. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year I saw him last night through the curtains pour something in my cup; I saw it in his evil eye. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales A fear of the “evil eye”—that bugbear which still disturbs the happiness of the lower class Italians and of the Eastern nations generally—was carefully provided against. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture I was amongst a crowd of new friends—may no evil eye harm them! Jewish Children Those who possess the evil eye can, by merely looking at children, deprive them of beauty and health, and even cause their death.”11-* Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History "For charity's sake, do not say so!" cried Maria, making the sign of the horns with her fingers, to ward off the evil eye. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 And his big right hand was hidden inside his waistcoat, so that I could not see the evil eye I knew was on his finger. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales The figure of this bird merely gave security against the evil eye; it had no other effect; and for this purpose various engraved stones were used. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture In that same America the Jews are well-off and happy—may no evil eye rest on them! Jewish Children One of the most common amulets or charms against jettitura, or the “evil eye,” the bête noire of every Italian, is a little coral hand. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire The Indians, who hold the animal in great dread when alive, are in the habit of wearing its dried body as an amulet against the "evil eye." Adventures of a Young Naturalist There was something besides the evil eye that gleamed in his right hand when he drew it from his breast. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales The fairy rolled her evil eye, and gave a forced laugh. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls It was my luck to win so many nuts—may no evil eye harm them! Jewish Children Many of those displaced by sheep and one or two Lowland shepherds, emigrated like the discontented tacksmen to America, and those who remained looked with an ill-will and an evil eye on the intruders. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Wilhelmine fascinated her still, but she began to fear her, and though she laughed at those who murmured that 'the Grävenitzin had the evil eye,' a certain disquiet peeped into her mind at times. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He passed me, leisurely strolling in the opposite direction, humming his favorite aria, bigger and yellower than ever, the evil eye fiery on his finger. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Once, indeed, even the two panthers came, and turned upon them pale, bright, evil eyes. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life You are already a young man, a grown-up man—may no evil eye harm you! Jewish Children He was a believer in witchcraft, and for suspicion of commerce with evil spirits and possession of the evil eye he punished many a blameless old body. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 She was reserved and haughty, and some said she had the evil eye. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg His great yellow hands were both bare, and on the forefinger of the right hand I could see some great stone blazing like an evil eye. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Just as well to keep the evil eye off. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Manuello looked up at the Captain with an evil eye and a muttered curse. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power I remember an ill-tempered old body living on the Curragh, who was supposed to possess the evil eye. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 She carried a chair over to the door, placed it directly underneath the lock, folded her arms, sat down on it, and remained sitting there for an hour or so blinking her evil eyes. The Goose Man “Thy heart must be no longer under his evil eye!” The Scarlet Letter Zaphnath doubtless looked with an evil eye upon the crowds that daily thronged our door to secure food. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner These amulets were primarily worn to keep off the "evil eye," and thus protect the horse and its rider or its owner from calamity and harm. Chats on Household Curios You appear disposed to look with an evil eye on those attempts at emancipation of a country, that has been enslaved for three hundred years. The Tiger Hunter Why do people talk so much about the evil eye? Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions I declare if ever eyes were like evil eyes they are that mad boy's.' Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century My reply was, "I can tell a Spaniard as far as I can see his evil eye." Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824. She glared at me with her evil eye, then she said slowly: "You'll come." Roger Trewinion Yet I instantly bethought myself of a lean black snake, with a glittering and evil eye, which I had seen in Mrs. Montressor's garden two summers agone, and which was like to have bitten me. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 For Rávaṇ bore thee through the sky, And fixed on thine his evil eye. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The King of Dahomey looked with an evil eye on the growing power of Abeokuta, and led his army to destroy it; but he and his forces were, however, most signally defeated. The Three Midshipmen The evil eye is not uncommon in the Antilles. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Now and then a sword-fish of a bright hue shot with gold darted by, and huge sharks might be seen turning up their evil eyes with longing glances toward the ship. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Inanimate things, of course, cannot be said literally to have the evil eye, but many of them cause misfortunes. Diversions in Sicily There's the evil eye legend and the Jonah, bad luck bringers. Accidental Death Slaveholders long looked at Canada with evil eye. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 As he looked, so did the man who had just entered look at Roger, a new light dawning in his evil eyes. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess The poor are of like passions with ourselves, they like ourselves, can feel the sting of unkind words, and the cruel piercings of an evil eye. A Sermon Preached on the Anniversary of the Boston Female Asylum for Destitute Orphans, September 25, 1835 The arrival of the professor led Peppino into giving me a great deal of information about the evil eye in which he swore he did not believe. Diversions in Sicily He added something in an undertone as his evil eyes glanced at the boys. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger The best explanation of the rules about eating in private is the fear of the evil eye, i.e. the envious or admiring eye of a hungry man, which would bewitch the food. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The moment she casts an evil eye on her, I shall speak to Rowland; which I had much rather avoid. Deerbrook I know what colour he is; it’s the evil eye—oh!” Romola We can still benefit by this happy forethought if we are threatened with the evil eye when divested of all our charms—when bathing for instance. Diversions in Sicily The evil eye is more interesting to me than the eye of Heaven. There was a King in Egypt Uncleanness and the evil eye are dogmatic notions, products of demonism. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals This ingenious process is meant to neutralise the influence of the 'evil eye' of the envious. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 What he intended to say I never knew, for, as he turned toward them, still watching me out of the corner of his evil eye, Whistling Jim was upon him. A Little Union Scout Therefore, it is as well always to carry some charm against the evil eye. Diversions in Sicily "I remember seeing a crowded tramcar in Rome empty itself in a moment when a well-known Prince, who was supposed to have the evil eye, got into it," Michael said. There was a King in Egypt The evil eye brings bad luck, not pain or disease. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Children are invariably provided with such amulets to avert the 'evil eye;' and should any one praise their beauty, the parent spits on the ground, and declares them to be perfect frights. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 But each day their evil eyes grew more and more portentious and threatening as they watched the human labourers they seemed to regard with so much contempt. The Heart of Unaga Here and there a cigarette picked out a face, glowing like an evil eye. Nights in London "Then the Egyptians believed in the evil eye, as apart from the sacred eye of Ra?" There was a King in Egypt The jettatura is a spell of evil cast either voluntarily or involuntarily by persons who have the gift of the evil eye and can cast evil spells, perhaps unconsciously and involuntarily. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals A modern Italian, even if he be a complete sceptic and materialist, will probably be found to have some amulet about him against the evil eye, "just to be on the safe side." The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Yes, he knew a Gila monster when he saw one and this was plain enough; there were the orange and black markings, the wicked head, the beady, evil eyes—and this one was growing! The Lady Doc For some time I had been watched by the evil eyes of one, whom the Yankees would designate, as almighty ugly. Olla Podrida "Wasn't there a book found in the ancient library of the temple of Dendereh which told all about the turning away of the evil eye?" There was a King in Egypt It is the most probable explanation of the cloistering and veiling of women that it was intended to protect them, especially if they were beautiful, from the evil eye. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals When he gets his evil eyes open, if he ever does, he’ll be glad to get out o’ these parts or I miss my guess. Marcia Schuyler Incantations were in use among the later Jews, and amulets of neck-chains like serpents and ear-rings were employed to protect the wearers against the evil eye and similar troubles. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing And with a leer out of her evil eye, she gulped down half the contents of the tumbler between her thick lips. Old Jack "A common expression for a woman in ancient Egypt was stav-ar-ban, which meant 'she who turns away the evil eye,'" Freddy said. There was a King in Egypt Immediately afterwards it did fall, but the fall was attributed to the evil eye of the person who first noticed the danger. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Such a "police-er-mann" is to be highly commended; such another looks with an evil eye upon all: he should truly be removed from office. In Madeira Place 1887 He hates our people with as much reason as our black Minna fears witches and the evil eye. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country I had the pleasure of meeting a well-known man, who stated that he had the power of the "evil eye." As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home His wicked face withdrew, but all the time the Gypsy queen was admiring the necklace, Ruth felt that the evil eyes of the man were also gloating over the pearls. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace The same is the purpose of hanging strips of leather, etc., which catch attention, to divert it from the organ which is sensitive to the evil eye. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals She had even gone to the extent of giving Latisan a black mustache and evil eyes. Joan of Arc of the North Woods Why does my brother look with evil eyes on the Wolf, who has come from the lodges of the Winnebagos? The Hunters of the Ozark The Spaniard with the evil eye greedily devoured his portion, and then grew moody again, refusing to speak with the others, who were striving to be cheerful, though it was sad enough work. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 He was a left-hand hitter, and a good man, but Dayguild managed to give him the "evil eye" and struck him out. Frank Merriwell's Cruise People are held to be in danger of the evil eye in prosperity and on festive occasions when they put on fine dress and ornaments. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals "What a lot of houses there are here," Mr. Fetherbee remarked to his next neighbor, a seamy old reprobate with an evil eye. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book This power of fixing the evil eye, of prophesying death, is found in perpetual use among the early saints. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Marian would have fled; but their evil eyes held her to the spot. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn |
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