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He had gone upstairs to lie down, as he reported later, “before all these astounding miracles, or jugglery, took place.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were quieter expeditions ashore, other days, with the Master Herbal who taught the ways and properties of things that grow; and the Master Hand taught sleight and jugglery and the lesser arts of Changing. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Next, a troop of jugglers with polished spheres of gold, which they hurl up high jn flashing flights, and catch, and hurl again, making' fountain-jets of bright jugglery. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
“This emotion seemed genuine, and we were assured that it was, although other parts of their religious services, or rather feats, appear to be accompanied with jugglery and deception,” he wrote in an 1890 memoir. Antiques: Orientalist Paintings and Art Deco Antiques 2013-06-06T21:18:00Z
Soothsayers and fortune-tellers were consulted to see if by their jugglery they could not reveal the word that had been hidden away so carefully so that none should know its secret. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z
The jugglery in numbers is done by the seventh yew on the left, which hides a shrinking sister in the amplitude of its shadow. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z
That was a case of high mystification, of jugglery worthy of a street-corner mountebank. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z
In these degenerate days their supernatural powers consist chiefly in conjuring, sooth-saying, and feats of jugglery, by which they seldom fail in imposing upon a credulous public. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z
Do you understand what all this jugglery means? The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z
But all manner of ingenious jugglery is played with the help of the metaphysical dualism implied in the other definition of the terms. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z
Not to be put in any philosophical pigeonhole, he is as far removed from the eclecticism of Victor Cousin as from the verbal jugglery and metaphysical murmurings of Henri Bergson. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
The hypothesis of jugglery and mystification, dear to certain critics, has not the least application to this case, although I admit that rappings and movements are often produced as practical jokes by waggish persons. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z
Not that they cared for sunshine; but they liked seeing jugglery. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z
Loving credulity belittled his career with feats of jugglery and magic art, and priests, wishing to persecute and slay, put in his mouth the words of hatred and revenge. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
Each pro- phecy is a jugglery of words, of figures, of symbols, so put together, so used, so interpreted, that they can mean anything, everything, or nothing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z
That a rich man should take such pity on a poor one, was incomprehensible: he felt disposed to take the whole affair for magic or jugglery, till Franz removed his doubts. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z
These translations of the dead, from place to place, are full of uncertainty; and hence has arisen a marvellous and successful system of jugglery and priestcraft. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z
The capitalist has no country, and he knows, if he be of the modern type, that arms and conquests and jugglery with frontiers serve no ends of his, and may very well defeat them. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z
I myself had less confidence than any one in this mental jugglery. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z
Much of this jugglery was done by means of real or counterfeit serpents! Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z
To my right was a large crowd, evidently enjoying a show of jugglery, and from their cries of wonderment and pleasure, they seemed to be having their money's worth. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z
Not only does he imitate the notes of birds about him, but he invents all manner of quips and vocal jugglery. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z
This sort of jugglery, which would be derided and despised in the case of any other book, is now falling into discredit. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z
Loving credulity belittled his career with feats of jugglery and magic art, and priests wishing to persecute and slay, put in his mouth the words of hatred and revenge. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z
Undeniably there is much jugglery and conscious deception on the part of the magic doctors. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z
Some of these performances, consisting of ingenious tricks of jugglery and dances, representative of various hunts, we might be inclined to call theatrical rather than religious. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z
Mr. Mansel's presentation may well be illustrated by a trick of jugglery. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
Swear, then, not to reveal the plot, and in my turn I will take any oath you choose to dictate not to disclose the jugglery I have detected.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
Can religious jugglery, and blind credulity go farther? The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z
If in Christian lands the enchantments of the hoodoo are only jugglery and nothing else, it may be that Satan’s power is limited under the broad light of Christianity. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z
In Tahiti, Popish priests make Christians by jugglery, under the very eye of the mother. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z
You would be charged with having, thanks to such diabolical jugglery, deceived the people by holding yourself out as inspired by God, whom you would be outraging in a most infamous, abominable, impious manner! The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z
From time to time the Fata Morgana exhibits her juggleries, but we are accustomed to it now, and nobody is deceived thereby. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
And of this latter, it is to be remembered that its warm unction and earnestness were very much abated by editorial jugglery. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z
While it is true that it has much that is mere jugglery and charlatanism, it is quite possible that it may have something that is diabolically real. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z
It was financial jugglery of a shrewd order, and the juggler prided himself upon it. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z
Ha, woman! is this real, and no crafty jugglery? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
There is neither evidence nor foundation for a conjecture that she was ever pupil of teachers of medical science, or of jugglery, nor that she belonged to any mesmerically developing circle. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z
It is admitted now, by all intelligent men, that the oracles of Delphos, of Ammon, and of Dodona, were only instances of jugglery and cunning, practised by the priest on the people. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z
The jurist’s morning skill at court jugglery had brought its flash of suspicion. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z
Most of the men there had painted with dry eyes and cool hearts, thinking only of the mixing of their colors and the jugglery of their art, thinking little of heroism, love, faith, or immortality. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z
Under the individual political jugglery that takes the place of the party system in France, the problem is not made any the easier. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z
Sir, I am opposed to that concern, because it looks to me like a system of trickery and jugglery to defeat the fair expression of the will of the people. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z
She might even be denied, disproved, by some jugglery. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z
What else do you call that miserable jugglery which you have carried on behind by back? Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z
And all the jugglery, cheating, and robbery that governments have practised, and licensed individuals to practise—by coining pieces bearing the same names, but having different amounts of metal—would have been avoided. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z
Theoretically the system is faultless, but in practice jugglery is possible, and does habitually occur. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z
This is moral jugglery and ethical hair-splitting; what evidence is there of soul at five months which may not be found at four? What a Young Husband Ought to Know
Surely they must have left the present century, and by some strange jugglery of fate have turned back the clock, and found themselves transported to mediæval times. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life
I need scarcely state that I held aloof from all worldly amusements, considered the theatre a vestibule of hell, and the other beautiful arts as mere pagan jugglery. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History
"I am forced to return to my old assertion: an election is mere folly, useless jugglery," said the banker, turning to Seraphin. The Progressionists, and Angela.
Her jugglery was cleverly conceived, but on three occasions was exposed in the most conclusive manner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"
Sancho seeing this was puzzled, and looking from one to another, asked if this dinner was to be eaten after the fashion of a jugglery trick. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII
From the stage of mere jugglery the case had entered upon one which began to look uncommonly like genuine diabolical possession. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War
Oh, I--I, like you, was reared to loathe this so-called jugglery. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History
"Now, I put the question to you, Seraphin, is not this sort of election jugglery far more ridiculous and disgusting than the most preposterous periwigs of the last century?" The Progressionists, and Angela.
The jugglery of flight under such conditions produced a Nirvana of soul and a Dharana of body. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar
The discovery of America diverted Castilian energy from Aragonese objects, and death stepped in and made grim sport of all his marriage jugglery. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
To think, for example, of the great poet of the Oreste declaimed before a vile mob, impatient for some buffoonery, eager for the moment when the jugglery would begin!' Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier
I don't want anything to do with such jugglery as this! What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself
Now am I almost determined to go to Armfelt, merely to prove that I give no heed to such jugglery.' Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna
The long line of stalls ends with booths, or tents, in which shows of dancing, jugglery, educated animals, and monstrosities, natural or artificial, may be seen for the moderate admission fee of two sen. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition
To reach all these objects with one blow, he devised a new piece of jugglery, which did honor at least to his practical knowledge of stage effect. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist
She admired his energy; she was dazzled by the juggleries of his mediocre cleverness; she was proud to help him. The Torch Bearer
The magic jugglery was set going again, and now the dancing goblet spelled out the name, "Stambul." The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries
"You will get no money from me by your jugglery, you hateful monster!" Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace
Away with your jugglery, have done with your miserable cheat, sir,—that can only terrify women and children. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
"I have told you already to be gone," replied Jane, angrily; "you will not get any money from me by your juggleries, you ill-favoured monster." Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
It is, however, quite wrong to regard this dialectic jugglery as the essence of Proudhon's system. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory
The knowledge that the popular will would find prompt expression through the law-making power would render it impossible for the people to be turned from their purpose by the jugglery of place-hunters. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889
A mass of examinations was printed which seem to show that the Jesuit Weston and his confreres in England had been guilty of a great deal of jugglery and pretence. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
But now the pious jugglery came to a close. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli
"Have you ever been in this cave hereabout?" he had asked, to Hite's delighted amazement at this brilliant feat of mental jugglery, as it seemed to him. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories
It is getting to be the general belief among men capable of reflection, that no jugglery can save the Confederate States currency. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
If I speak These bitter things against the jugglery Of days that in your names proved blind and weak, It is that tears are bitter. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV
But there is much more than mere jugglery of words in the poem. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series
Or he would work in subtler ways, through deceit, jugglery, or veiled bribe. Carmen Ariza
He declared that anyone who dealt in magic or "medicine juggleries" should never taste of future happiness, and must be instantly put to death. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812
Is it miracles as well as sorcery their misled magicians make jugglery of? The Flute of the Gods
Ideas of imitation, then, act by producing the simple pleasure of surprise, and that not of surprise in its higher sense and function, but of the mean and paltry surprise which is felt in jugglery. Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
A jugglery—specious enough for the moment—with the word "good"; forceful "struggle-for-life" qualities substituted for spiritual, for ethical. Dreamers of the Ghetto
And so does the jugglery by which your Protestant fellows, Hitt, attempt to reconcile their opposite beliefs. Carmen Ariza
They have nothing but admiration for his jugglery and House-of-Commons tricks. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
Whether the attendant was carrying away any of the properties that might have been used in the late jugglery, he had, of course, no means of judging. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862
Time and again, through political jugglery, angry members attempted to oust the Minister, but Bismarck was equal to every occasion. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck
"If by their delusions and their jugglery," says Tertullian, "the charlatans seem to perform many wonders." The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.
Secondly, if there be any jugglery, in the magnetic phenomena we are told of; it is nevertheless certain, that the whole of them are not simulated. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826
"I beg your Royal Highness to take notice that Imperial Princesses of Austria"—I put some emphasis on the Imperial—"while popular, never descend to jugglery," I answered politely, but firmly. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess
Knowledge was to be sought not by logical jugglery but by scrupulous observation and systematic appeals to experience. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice
He continued to practise jugglery, which he called performing miracles, whenever he found his influence declining, or had an important end to accomplish. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
But how will it go with the ecclesiasts in particular—the churchmen with their singing and praying, their cowls and bald pates, and all their jugglery? Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost
After a while she said something about jugglery, and I called her a little Roundhead; and, to be sure, how she did stamp! The Buccaneer A Tale
Taoism, beginning, apparently, as a spiritual system, did not appeal to the Chinese feeling, and speedily degenerated into a system of magical jugglery. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV
The Siddhi are qualified to captivate weak minds with their jugglery. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
"What! does that reptile jugglery frighten you?" replied the Pharaoh. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
At last the Cabinet, after much political jugglery, being deposed, the Council were in complete accord with Petkoff regarding my proposals. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance
All wisdom was now confined to a species of "word jugglery," which in Athens was dignified as "the art of disputation." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
A bit of minor legal jugglery was all that was needed to give him access to the data. Starman's Quest
It seemed like some monstrous jugglery, something akin to the fakir’s tricks that he had witnessed at Colombo where the impossible had seemed so clearly possible. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour
But as this work is, as yet, done largely in the dark, it gives more room for jugglery and imposition. Modern Spiritualism
Evidently, the Elector had no desire of engaging once more in diplomatic jugglery, such as had been indulged in at Augsburg. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gentle exercise, regulated baths, good food, balmy sleep, these are the true restoratives of the exhausted system, and no jugglery with sedatives, such as alcohol, can produce the desired result. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
It began with various stories of Indian fakirs and Oriental jugglery, matters in which Eugene was curiously well read, swerved to the horrors of the great Sepoy mutiny, and thus to reminiscences of the dissecting-room. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories
And now by some magic jugglery of ordinary events, each well within the bounds of credibility, yet so overwhelmingly incredible in their sequence and completeness, he was Sylvia's lover, her defender, her trusted knight-errant. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley
That there have been abundant instances of attempted fraud, deception, jugglery, and imposition, is not to be denied. Modern Spiritualism
The evidence is too abundant for us to doubt that there was skillful jugglery among the proficients in the occult arts among those nations. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History
With all his contemptible jugglery, I would astound him! The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck
Its flotation was the most tremendous and public ever even attempted, much less successfully carried out, and in its market career the full resources of stock jugglery were exercised on its behalf. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
His swift jugglery with words is always manifest. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man
"No jugglery about this, however," he replied, looking somewhat amused. The Diamond Coterie
On the following day the Prince enjoyed a spectacle of Indian jugglery and saw feats performed which in a western land would be deemed miraculous. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V
Then he declaimed against magnetism—"a heap of juggleries, whose effects came only from the imagination." Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life
But even then I only consented to go ahead with the flotation under a definite agreement which seemed to me completely to guard against all contingencies of jugglery or deception. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
This last piece of deception seemed to involve the girl more directly than any other of the evening's accursed jugglery. The Tyranny of the Dark
Can it be possible that my poor child has been wrought upon by such jugglery? The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
"There's some jugglery about it," he still insisted. A Little Girl of Long Ago
In both their excellences and their defects Shakespeare’s sonnets betray near kinship to his early dramatic work, in which passages of the highest poetic temper at times alternate with unimpressive displays of verbal jugglery A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles
I am showing that this commercial genius is no better than a high talent, for financial jugglery, and that its successes are achieved by a calculated disregard of the laws of the game. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
She went the whole length—lent herself to the cheapest kind of jugglery, playing with horrible adroitness upon the emotions of a lot of bereaved men and women. The Tyranny of the Dark
But it just didn't, so you will see that it was really a most exceptional piece of jugglery. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916
The earliest traditions of the various Indian tribes inhabiting this country prove that they have practiced jugglery and all other things pertaining to the secret arts of the old uncivilized nations of the world. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings
The first twining of feeling and belief is here, the earliest of many of those juggleries of Nature which make a fool of reason. Despair's Last Journey
The most innocent of the favourite haunts of the people are casinos, or music-saloons, where multitudes assemble to witness scenic representations, feats of jugglery, tumbling, &c. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852
But you must remember all this happened in the house of jugglery. The Tyranny of the Dark
I could only think of it as a dull, transparent jugglery, based upon unconscious unbelief. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)
Congressional jugglery could not quite compass the payment of different creditors with the same money, even supposing that the money came to hand. Benjamin Franklin
The question at stake was too serious in Lincoln's judgment, for platform jugglery. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings
But it was their practice to profess to cure diseases, rather by jugglery and witchcraft, than by those means which were simple and near at hand. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3
Another well attested story of successful jugglery is related in a History of Virginia, the second edition of which appeared in 1722. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2
The sublime teaching of the founder has, however, been corrupted and degraded to jugglery and superstition. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
By no jugglery with words can we get Mind out of Matter and Motion. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
Its loftiest hopes, its deepest consolations are the offspring of clumsy jugglery and cheap prestidigitation! Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
He barely realized this knowledge when the power of the quietness and the jugglery were rudely sundered, and the Peruvian, shrieking and clucking in his throat, dived towards them and tried to hide. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
But Count Cagliostro's career of jugglery and fraud was nearly over. Art in England Notes and Studies
Even intellect condescends to intellectual jugglery, balancing thoughts as a juggler balances pipes on his chin. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
This character, with the slight addition of lines extending upward from the straight top line, is usually employed by the more southern Ojibwa to denote the wig´iwam of a Jĕss´akkīd´, or jugglery. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300
Sunday was impressed upon the natives with all the strictness peculiar to the British Calvinists in their reaction from the ale-feasts, juggleries, and merry-makings of the almost pagan fifteenth century.  Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field
As the wheels now clicked and the muffled bell commenced its dulled clangor, the uneasy thought came to my mind that perhaps the treasure had in the interval been spirited away by some devilish jugglery. Tales of Destiny
I began to suspect jugglery, but I was not yet sure of it. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers
We might make an experiment; and though our Indian guide is not one of the great shamans, he might help us in an attempt at innocent jugglery. The Delight Makers
This is not on his part a piece of philosophical jugglery, but the manifestation of the real condition of our nature, which is always giving the lie, in one direction or another, to erroneous systems. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism
I am not entirely a stranger to Indo-Chinese jugglery, and you had a very strange look in your eyes. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor
It was then that Uncanoola did the skilfulest bit of jugglery it has ever been my lot to witness. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
There was no jugglery about this; there was immediate intimate relation between cause and effect. The Quest of the Simple Life
It revealed natural tendencies, and confirmed Tyope in the belief that the Navajos were born wizards, that their juggleries and performances, some of which are indeed startling, revealed the possession of higher powers. The Delight Makers
He made no attempt by cunning jugglery to change its seeming. Life of Charles Dickens
The same juggleries were repeated as on that occasion. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot
For, some things herein are the feats of jugglery of demons, sundry others poetic figments, a few are probable, others improbable, and even more invented for the delectation of fools. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
As he lies there let us remember that his last word threw back the unworthy, dark misgiving, that beauty and deformity, good and bad, could by any jugglery become convertible. Idolatry A Romance
He also watched the wizards as often as opportunity was afforded, and learned many a trick of jugglery. The Delight Makers
As through magic the little dwelling had become transformed: its misery was masked with charming paper devices,—with dainty decorations created out of nothing by that pretty jugglery of which woman only knows the secret. Some Chinese Ghosts
"What jugglery is this?" she demanded, in an angry tone. Austin and His Friends
Well, it is odd enough," he added; "but this knocking on the wall and listening was useless jugglery. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
The whole affair looked to him "like a system of trickery and jugglery to defeat the fair expression of the will of the people." Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
"It is no jugglery, I tell you," replied the other. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest
I have lived in torment ever since, and yet—who knows?—it may be absurdest jugglery. The Baronet's Bride
A look of injured piety came over the old rascal's face, who was playing a game of Levantine jugglery, subtle and crafty. Looking Seaward Again
Is there any instance in the history of civilised diplomacy of such trickery and such callous jugglery with the highest interests of South Africa? A Century of Wrong
But, alas! the sublime teachings of the founder of Taoism have degenerated into a contemptible mixture of jugglery and witchcraft. The Awakening of China
The agencies must have been exceedingly subtle, and the jugglery and artifice superhuman, to operate such processes of reasoning, such deception and aberration in honest-minded and even godly persons. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked
No fortune-telling jugglery shall blight my darling boy's life while I can help it. The Baronet's Bride
All the rest is the jugglery of the professional of philosophy. Tragic Sense Of Life
According to this hypothesis, the divining woman of Endor was preparing to practise upon Saul those tricks of legerdemain or jugglery by which she imposed upon meaner clients who resorted to her oracle. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Thus you will be able to perform all manner of jugglery tricks—tricks that will set the whole world gaping. The Sorcery Club
He had an impulse to spring up from the table, to turn on the light, and to say, "Let us make an end of this jugglery!" Flames
The place was full of a jugglery of dim lights. Widdershins
"Come, sir," I interrupted, "I think we have had enough of this jugglery." Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts
Vacant lots are occupied by the tents of visiting peasants, and in out-of-the-way corners acrobatics, jugglery, and Nautch-dancing attract curious crowds. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
The following night they would be in possession of new powers, such powers as would warrant them giving a gratis exhibition—an exhibition of jugglery absolutely new and unprecedented. The Sorcery Club
For this divine jugglery comes once into every life, and one must climb to the castle with madness and singing if he would attain to the temples that lie on the castle-plain. Romance Island
No doubt he believed it a real spiritual manifestation, whereas it was only a clever bit of jugglery. The Gloved Hand
He would not even choose officers from his own command, but by some jugglery at department headquarters obtained them from other brigades. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
Associated word: chevron. sleigh, n. cutter, sled, sledge, bobsled, toboggan, jumper, pung. sleight of hand. prestidigitation, jugglery, legerdemain, magic, conjury. Putnam's Word Book
This is the man who would wed by force this fair maiden, and strove to deceive her by the foulest tricks and jugglery. In the Days of Chivalry
Now stop, or I'll knock all that jugglery out of you. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
Now that Vaughan is dead, that particular bit of jugglery will cease until there is some new victim to impress. The Gloved Hand
The real beginning is of another fashion; and we wish not back the first jugglery, and are on the whole glad, such as it was, to have lived through it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English
Antonyms: illegalize, illegitimize. legate, n. ambassador, envoy, representative. legation, n. embassy. legend, n. fable, myth; posy, inscription, motto. legendary, a. mythical, traditional. legerdemain, n. jugglery, sleight of hand. legible, a. readable, decipherable. Putnam's Word Book
For back of all stale jugglery of terms, lies a very real and permanent difference. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities
If they were done by jugglery, they required elaborate preparations of all sorts, which must have been made in full ordinary consciousness.  Cock Lane and Common-Sense
The miracles wrought by Pawnee medicine men, under the eyes of Major North, far surpass what is told of Indian jugglery. The Making of Religion
The juggleries of Simon are readily discerned by Demas, but thoroughly deceive poor Nathaniel: what then is the latter to do? Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed
That all that he saw done looked as if it might have been done by jugglery. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
There were three of them at present, and by some sort of sympathetic jugglery he had an arm for each. Tommy and Grizel
Of this town, amongst public buildings, the Forum, the Theatre, and the Temple of Isis, have been discovered; and the latter has revealed, in a curious manner, the iniquitous jugglery of the heathen priests. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829
But when by that vote they saw their faction overwhelmed with defeat, they and others undertook to maintain themselves in power by an unprecedented piece of political jugglery. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
The Kannakas were now at his command, and, in truth, a majority of the electors were with him; but political jugglery held them in duress. The Crater
He had never even, since his childhood, seen any exhibitions of jugglery; he does not go to see such things, because he is so short-sighted that if he went he would see nothing. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
Foggatt was a consummate master of all those arts of financial jugglery that make so many fortunes, and ruin so many others, in matters of company promoting, stocks, and shares. Martin Hewitt, Investigator
As for the weights and clubs and dumb-bells, you feel as if there must be some jugglery about them,—they have grown so much lighter than they used to be. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861
I asked him, after this period, how he had deceived his people by the art of powwowing, or jugglery. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
This was but the beginning of the guiles and juggleries of Tezcatlipoca. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent
He says merely, that to him, subjectively, jugglery did not seem a good "or sufficient" explanation of the phenomena. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
He was keenly alive to their generally prosaic and irreverent character, and to the appearance of jugglery which was then involved in them. Life and Letters of Robert Browning
Nothing could show the desperation of the retreating party better than jugglery like this. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
It reproached the accusation with jugglery over dates and so forth in support of its case, and confidently predicted the acquittal of Meilhan. She Stands Accused
Has it come to the pass that, counting on juggleries of the law, criminals believe that they may kill, maim, burn, and slay as they list without punishment? The Conquest of Canaan
That he thought the things he saw in the séances with Slade were different from jugglery. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
If Dame Gourlay was able actually to play off such a piece of jugglery, it is clear she must have had better assistance to practise the deception than her own skill or funds could supply. The Bride of Lammermoor
Base jugglery! doubtless some innocent reformer will exclaim. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
To do so was a part of the game; and many worthy people did not scruple to correct the caprice of Fortune by dexterous jugglery. What is Property?
Just as though He were bound to honor our jugglery as a reward of our treading His solemn commandments under foot. The Smalcald Articles
If another can understand, he said, how jugglery can explain the facts, well and good—he can not. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers. The Bride of Lammermoor
Now, how can we expect such jugglery of sacred things to commend itself to honest, hard-headed men? Love's Final Victory
God will not take shelter behind such a jugglery of logic or metaphysics. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.
Has she baffled me by some piece of womanly jugglery? Lady Audley's Secret
That he himself knew nothing of jugglery, nor did Professor Zoellner. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
There was no more merrymaking jugglery with identity; each was himself only, and for himself alone. The Flight of the Shadow
The mastery of his craft, the cleanness of his jugglery, amazed me. The Mountebank
You would say the president of a republic like this disgraces himself with jugglery. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc.
Confederacy, most devout sir—confederacy is the soul of jugglery. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day
His position is simply that he cannot see how the whole series of phenomena can reasonably be attributed to jugglery, though he admits that each single thing he saw, alone considered, might possibly be. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
During the banquet and the symposium it was customary for professional performers to entertain the guests with music, dancing, pantomimes, and feats of jugglery. Early European History
After they had drunk for a while, the negro Hamilcar came forward and performed feats of jugglery. Historical Miniatures
No longer a mere unintelligible jugglery of words, the otherwise unmeaning formulas of Vedic worship have been proved by the master to be full of scientific significance. Autobiography of a Yogi
Taking a comprehensive view of the whole field, therefore, it seems to be divided between discreet and supercilious skepticism on one side, and, on the other, the clamorous jugglery of charlatanism. Confessions and Criticisms
Professor Scheibner said that each single thing that he saw might possibly have been jugglery, "although he perceived nothing that raised a direct suspicion." Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
By what jugglery had they contrived to get out of such a formidable fortress as that place? Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece
You imagine the thing is some trick or jugglery. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales
The French travellers thought, like me, that the passage of rarefied air through the fissures of a sonorous stone might have suggested to the Egyptian priests the invention of the juggleries of the Memnomium. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
He does not terrify and bully us into acknowledging Him by ghostly juggleries in darkened rooms, and by vapid exhibitions addressed to our outward senses. Confessions and Criticisms
On the contrary, all the exhibitions I have seen have been complete failures in what was attempted or expected, or they have proved to be deceptions and tricks of jugglery. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
This is a mere trick," he said; "the rascal had made himself sure of the existence of this old well, by some means or other, before he played off this mystical piece of jugglery. The Antiquary — Volume 01
On his shoulder he carries a long bamboo, from the ends of which hang villainously shabby baskets, some flat and round, occupied by snakes, others large and oblong, filled with apparatus of jugglery. Concerning Animals and Other Matters
These kings of jugglers exercised a supreme authority over the art of jugglery and over all the members of this jovial fraternity. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
We are too close to Infinite love and wisdom to play pranks before it, and provoke comparison between our paltry juggleries and its omnipotence and majesty. Confessions and Criticisms
What brave conceit had he, my poet, built; No jugglery of numbers that mean nought, That can mean nought for ever, unto us. English Poems
All this is much in the usual style; but what followed was so much superior to the ordinary run of modern Indian jugglery that we must give it in the simple Siddeshur's own words. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Usually, his figures are grotesque rather than beautiful, and he never allows them to remain longer than for a few moments, often changing them so rapidly under your eye that it seems like jugglery. Bits about Home Matters
The Country assassinated,—it is a horrible crime; but they were enraptured at the jugglery blended with the parricide. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
No sophistry, no jugglery in figures can explain away the evidence the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation
The report foretells further increase in prices, but by some curious jugglery reaches a conclusion favorable to further inflation. Fiat Money Inflation in France
Most of the men there had painted with dry eyes and cool hearts, thinking only of the mixing of their colors and the jugglery of their art, thinking little of heroism, faith, love, or immortality. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2
Between the venality of the court and the learned jugglery of advocates, there was little hope for the obscure and indigent. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
Gentlemen, de me fabula; are my resources like those of Antiochus— quite unfit for battle on the whole, but including some elephants, some queer impositions, some jugglery, in fact? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
There was no blood from the chief's wounds, but the performance does not seem to me to be jugglery. Without Prejudice
No jugglery of thought, no gorgeousness of trappings, can make the low high, the dishonest honest, the vile pure. The True Citizen, How to Become One
He went below, leaving the skipper at the wheel idly watching the cook as he performed marvellous feats of jugglery, between the galley and the fo'c'sle, with the men's breakfast. Many Cargoes
There may be extravagances and some jugglery, but for all that the lesson is a genuine one, and to us of this generation immense. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
Long practice in the art of jugglery lends such proficiency as to baffle discovery and rob the game of its uncertainty as surely as the player is robbed of his money. The Spoilers
Their jugglery, seen through the smoke of incense, and amidst the enthusiasm of a crowd, is tolerably dexterous, and no more. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1
It's quite pathetic to watch the enthusiasm with which they hail any man who distinguishes himself by this kind of apologetic skill, this pious jugglery. Born in Exile
It was hinted that his last hours were darkened by hallucinations, and the pious pictured him as haunted by profligate visions, while the free-thinkers maintained that he was the dupe of priestly jugglery. The Valley of Decision
At last he performed various convulsive feats of jugglery, with the result that the car, which was nosing steadily for the ditch, came to a stand-still. The Red Planet
But this interruption puts Lindstr�m off his jugglery with the hot cakes-one of them rolls down on to the floor. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2
By a fortunate inspiration he now determined to assume the character of a "medicine man," and to connect his prophecies and juggleries with this lucky accident of the whiskey. Oak Openings
No party could survive such a record of political trickery and financial jugglery. The Titan
It is jugglery, though such juggling as only a master-musician can perform. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters
It was simply, as Simon had said, mainly an affair of the nerves, like Indian jugglery. The Return
We are all the dupes of some jugglery. Windsor Castle
The bee-hunter understood the Indian character too well to forget to embellish his work with a proper amount of jugglery and acting. Oak Openings
Think you now, as I have heard others argue, that what I have told you are tricks of jugglery? Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ
I found it so hot and tiring that I went away before all these astounding miracles, or jugglery, took place. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
And the true heart-throb of a woman's affection was too powerful for the jugglery that had hitherto environed her. The Blithedale Romance
Prayers, scoldings, promises, are alike in requisition; above all, the jugglery must be so dexterous that it defies detection. Letters of Two Brides
True, he managed the trip to Flushing with his ancient extravagance; true, he employed all the juggleries of the law to prevent his surrender at Amsterdam. A Book of Scoundrels
He is to have no access to the lady, but such as I shall point out—only she may be amused to see his philosophical jugglery. Kenilworth
This piece of historical jugglery ran speedily through thirty editions, while from all parts of Germany came refutations and counter-refutations by scores, all tending to increase its notoriety. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
He tried to imagine himself she, gazing into those eyes of his, but failed in the jugglery Martin Eden
These miracles were the cheapest and poorest of jugglery, and the mediums were, without exception, of a type below contempt. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
In his eyes law was an instrument, not of justice, but of jugglery. A Book of Scoundrels
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