| 单词 | necromancer |
| 例句 | He was only a man who had meant well, who had been spurred along that course of thinking by an eccentric necromancer with a weakness for humanity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the aged necromancer who had educated him—who had educated him with animals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Music!” concluded the necromancer in ecstasy, unable to make the smallest beginnings of an imitation “Hallo,” said Kay, opening the door of the afternoon school room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If Ben Mezrich’s “Woolly” is to be believed, mammoths may be returning someday soon to a tundra near you, resurrected by the necromancers of synthetic biology. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Complications ensue when Douglas, "a powerful and violent necromancer," moves in on Sam's Seattle territory. Local books: Jacques Cousteau, jack-o'-lanterns and necromancers 2010-10-18T23:47:00Z It’s a magical, sometimes beautiful place, but also a place filled with malicious vampires, demons, witches and necromancers, given to murder, cannibalism and the hurling of evil spells. A Fantasy Set in Africa, by Way of Hieronymus Bosch, García Márquez and Marvel Comics 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z RYMSZA: When the Baron has his “necromancer” speech, I would cut out the applause and the music. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z James’s ghost stories aren’t really cozy or humorless; they can be quite grisly — a necromancer tears out the hearts of small children — and many of the characters are comically Dickensian. Review | ‘The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom’ beautifully demonstrates the evolution of a genre 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Sam, a skateboarder/vegetarian/fry cook who can summon the dead, gets kidnapped by a more powerful necromancer, who forces him to train with him or be eliminated. 2011 Washington State Book Awards winners 2011-09-15T03:15:04Z An astronomer, mathematician, navigator, alchemist, spy and celestial necromancer, Dee was a larger-than-life magus figure. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z This allegorical war, along with an impaired officer and a junior necromancer, are of the world of “On Sugarland,” a beautifully produced play that struggles to follow through on its ambitions. ‘On Sugarland’ Review: A Nameless War, and Too Many Wounds to Count 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z I stirred the caldron of nearly boiling borax with the gall of a necromancer, invoking help for murder. Modern Love: Wearing Your Heart on Your Skin 2011-07-08T19:05:31Z It will focus on the early life of Chlorr of the Mask, an evil necromancer and one of the Greater Dead in the fictional universe. Garth Nix gives Edinburgh audience sneak preview of Old Kingdom prequel 2012-08-19T16:19:36Z Wearing sweatshirts and mom jeans, they look more like a focus group on suburban Costco shoppers than a circle of aspiring necromancers. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Each of the Houses sends two representatives, a necromancer and their cavalier, to participate; Gideon is to be Harrow’s. Dark Books for Dark Times 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z That sorceress or necromancer battling evil beside you was another real person. Video Game Review: Diablo III Video Game, From Blizzard Entertainment 2012-06-01T22:12:07Z A very loud voice in my head suggested that by performing rituals such as opening and closing the front door 36 times, I could avoid being a necromancer. My Mad Fat Diary: Rae Earl describes her childhood mental health issues 2013-01-21T08:00:02Z Grossman portrays the secretary of state as “a thousand-year-old necromancer,” which may be the most plausible explanation yet for his Nobel Peace Prize. ‘Crooked’ review: Nixon narrates his story in this comic alt-history 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Most of the other candidates have avoided criticizing Trump by name, like medieval necromancers wary of uttering the number of the beast for fear of having Satan materialize in front of them. Column: Sorry, Democrats — Chris Christie's attacks on Trump don't make him a moderate 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The fantasy game gives players five character classes - barbarian, rogue, sorcerer, necromancer, and druid - each with different abilities. Diablo IV character creator under the spotlight 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump and the other neofascists are like political necromancers: They summoned up these dark, lingering energies and are now using them for their own purposes. Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that's very dangerous 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z He was a mage — but not as cool as the necromancer Dorian or the enchantress Vivienne — and an elf, though also not as cool as the archer Sera. BioWare reveals official title of Dragon Age 4 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z There’s necromancers, locked room mysteries, dueling cavaliers, warring political factions, and more that it would be a shame to spoil. The 11 best new sci-fi books to check out on your new Kindle 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z The titular necrobarista is, as you might imagine, a necromancer who summons souls with the aid of her compatriots for a final reckoning — over coffee. Don’t like visual novels? These games might change your mind 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is a political necromancer who uses racism to control the millions of white Americans who subscribe to his political cult. Author and activist Tim Wise: “The Republican Party is a white identity cult” 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Yes, he may be one of its greatest necromancers. Republicans can’t confront Trump’s racism — unless they face their role in enabling it 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z When they begin to investigate, they find themselves targets of a necromancer. 16 new science fiction and fantasy books to read this April 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Donald Trump — the country’s first fascist president — is a political necromancer and warlock who was able to harness white supremacy’s power to win the presidency. From “All Lives Matter” to the terror in Charlottesville: How the media’s phony fairness got us here 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z He cited one example of the necromancer costumes from Chronicles of Riddick. At San Diego Comic-Con, movie props and costumes are a cottage industry 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z AT A time of political crisis in South Korea, spare a thought for all the upstanding shamans, sorcerers, soothsayers, diviners, astrologers, numerologists, necromancers and fortune-tellers around Asia who risk being tarred by events. Prophets of piffle 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Early records of Haitian zombies described them as pliant laborers, summoned from their graves by greedy necromancers to work in sugar-cane fields at night. Undead on the brain: What we talk about when we talk about zombies 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is a political cult leader. In that role, he is also a political necromancer, beating a drum of nativism and fear to control the right-wing political zombies that follow him. Secrets of Donald Trump’s cult: This is why the angriest white voters will not leave his side 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Here stormed the Washington Capitals, necromancers in red sweaters, raising themselves from the dead. Capitals’ comeback falls short 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Blizzard announced on Thursday that it will turn its current and former subscribers into necromancers, capable of recalling their withering virtual souls from oblivion. If 'World of Warcraft' is a drug, Blizzard is a cruel drug dealer 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z In 1419, the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote to every English bishop, saying that the life of Henry V was being threatened by 'the heathenish rituals of necromancers', and ordered public prayers for the King's protection. The White Queen: was she a witch? 2013-07-11T16:07:05Z This time the game will be getting a King of the Hill mode with the charming necromancer Merasmus at the top of the pile lobbing spells and bombs at players. Valve Celebrates Halloween With 'Scream Fortress 2' 2012-10-29T15:41:58Z Energy policy is a dark underworld populated by fanatics and necromancers. British energy policy is a dark underworld of fanatics 2012-05-22T19:30:01Z Ah! necromancer!" and then starting up, exclaimed, "What horrible vision is this? Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z But the arts of the necromancer were always and without exception treated as foreign to the religion of Yahweh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z What in the mind of the necromancer when he summons the shades of spirits? The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion 2012-04-24T02:00:19.043Z Armathwaite felt as if he had been conjured by some spiteful necromancer out of a smiling and sunlit English countryside into a realm of ghouls and poison-growths. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z The story related of the truly learned Agrippa, who was falsely represented as a necromancer, is curious. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Get theology out of government and the clergy will soon take their places with augurs and soothsayers, with necromancers and medicine-men. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The necromancer of ba‘al ‘ōbh’ was held to be possessed of the spirit who spoke through him with a hollow voice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The world was supposed to be full of magic; the spirits were sleight-of-hand performers—necromancers. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z He loved Margu�rite Ogilvey, and would marry her if she would accept him though her parents had committed all the crimes in the calendar, and her ancestors were wizards and necromancers without exception. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z To various conspicuous and easily intelligible causes the witch and the warlock, like the necromancer and the astrologer, owed their power with the multitude. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z A bright'ning verdure runs o'er every field, As if by potent necromancer shed, And a dark wood is suddenly reveal'd, A glory resting on its ancient head. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Indeed both necromancer and the spirit that possessed him were sometimes identified, and the former was simply called ōbh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z It introduces us to Apolidon, son of a King of Greece, who is described as a valiant knight and powerful necromancer. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z De Gourmont lived in an ivory tower, the tower of a wizard who combined the knowledge of an ancient necromancer with that of a modern chemist. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The doctor then dismissed his guests, who went away with a conviction that he was as potent a necromancer as Roger Bacon or Cornelius Agrippa. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Those who remain, and are worthy of the name of "people," as not belonging to the necromancers, are some honest middle-class families, a few boatmen, and a few lazzaroni. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The interpreter had already grasped the situation, and at my request desired the natives to turn at the necromancer's order, step ten paces, and open their hands. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z I am verily persuaded that the cursed necromancer Freston, who continues to persecute me, has transformed these giants into windmills. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z There were also gitanas, necromancers, slaves, and many other fanciful and romantic costumes not admitting classification. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The orchestra gives her the keynote, and then, like a necromancer performing wonders with a coin, she executes a cadenza that bewilders and dazzles the senses. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z These charms consist of any sort of necromancers’ rubbish, or are sometimes writings in invocations, usually worn round the neck under the clothing. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z You are a magician, or at least a necromancer. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z In view of their unsatisfactory nature, the unhappy necromancer was put to the torture, and an admission of the demonic nature of his familiar was quickly extracted from him. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z He lighted a taper compounded of many strange ingredients emitting a fragrant odour, and, as the smoke curled heavily about him, flickering and indistinct, he looked like some necromancer about to perform his diabolical rites. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z All the magicians, necromancers, wizards, witches, conjurors, gypsies, sybils, hobgoblins, apparitions and the like, are supposed to be under their diabolical government: old Belzebub rules them all. Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z Whether the world-famous necromancer, Mirrab, and her attendant genii were lacking in business or no, no one could say, for there was no torch outside their tent, and Abra had ceased to lure the passer-by. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The task of the necromancer thus consisted in interesting God or the devil in the heart pangs of her client and of arousing an affection in the breast of the man she designated. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z "I know why necromancers do not frighten you; you cast spells yourself." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer; 12. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z A certain necromancer in Taurogi wanted to sell me balsam, saying that whoever would anoint himself with it would be safe from spears, swords, and sabres. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z "Mirrab, the world-famous necromancer, will bring to your arms the lady of your choice, oh most noble lords!" continued the persistent Abra, "even if she were hidden beyond the outermost corners of the earth." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z All at once the necromancer departed, and the strange noises ceased. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z She purchased works upon demonology and witchcraft, and being an accomplished scholar did not confine her studies to her own language, but read deeply in Agrippa, and the necromancers of the Middle Ages. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z They visited other "towns," as the collections of bark wigwams are called; but everywhere they were looked upon as necromancers, and their lives were spared only through fear. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Spiritualism with its mediums, fortune-tellers and necromancers is almost entirely in the hands of women, who claim to be religious leaders. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z "This way, this way, my masters," he would say with imposing solemnity; "the world-famous necromancer, Mirrab, will evoke for you the spirits of Mars, of Saturn, or of the moon." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z There is a story prevalent in the neighborhood, that a man from England, a kind of astrologer or necromancer, undertook to rid the place of the troublesome noises. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z They could apparently give our amateur necromancers points in hypnotism, and what they don't know about poisons is not worth learning. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Hence he, or his informants, infer that the gods have originally been necromancers or medicine-men, now worshipped after death; a natural inference, as magical feats of shape-shifting are commonly ascribed "everywhere to witches and warlocks". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Socrates he nicknames chief quack, necromancer; Euripides—well, he acknowledges every word is false if you look at it too close, but at a distance all is indubitable truth behind the lies. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Perhaps if some of the more enlightened town worthies happened to be nigh the booth, one or two of them would begin to chaff the necromancer. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z It is not improbable, then, that Widmann, in supplying the name of the necromancer omitted in the Table-talk, may be giving a fuller account of the conversation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Nature, the all-wise and mysterious necromancer, makes nothing but electric machines from the infinitesimal atom to the self-luminous perfected dynamos—the suns and stars. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z He was a spiritualist, a sorcerer, a necromancer, a magician. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z In simulations of passions, sufferings, and physical affections; in sleight of hand, and the management of voice and feature and attitude, no necromancers have surpassed them. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The Pope’s Nuncio opportunely demanded that the two English necromancers should be questioned at Rome. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z "Let nobody touch him," cried he; "let me alone hand to hand with this sorcerer, this necromancer; I'll make him know what it is to deal with Don Quixote de la Mancha!" The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z They regarded all the mysteries they could not understand as supernatural, as outside of nature, and produced by demons, wizards, necromancers, or their imaginary gods. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It was handed over to other gods in the State religion, or else passed into the possession of the wizard and necromancer. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Ultimately, he was sentenced to death as a necromancer, and, together with two of his chief adherents, burnt to death in Nuz. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z A necromancer, and a favourite with Elizabeth, was not likely to be tolerated in the Court of James the First. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Yet nothing vexed him so much as that they had rescued out of his hands the villainous necromancer. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Workingmen often think that a business man is a necromancer juggling profits out of other people's necessities. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z From the entrails of the former the necromancer prepares a potent charm. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Produce the languishing vestal, so that the arts of the necromancer may sustain her. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z This individual had performed the office of a seer and necromancer for his tribe for a long series of years, and had acquired notoriety and power among them from the successful display of these arts. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z He affected all the powers of a necromancer. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z Most necromancers have the ability to produce hens' eggs without number from a mysterious bag, but how they could capture sixty-seven pieces of cannon, when McDowell had but thirty-eight, is indeed remarkable. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z A bright flash shot from the centre of the dark threatening column, and curled towards the king, a sickening sulphuric fume filling the presence chamber, and the necromancer vanished in the thick smoke. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Tradition relates that Sion Cent was a famous necromancer in Monmouthshire, who outwitted the devil, not once but many times. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z I retired from playing video games three years ago -- trading in late nights chasing down aliens and necromancers for long bike rides and early morning stretches. The temptation of Starcraft II 2010-07-27T20:15:00Z I then regretted what I had done, and strove to conceal my uneasiness by consulting the necromancers on my own account. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Instantly, as if by the stroke of a fell necromancer, disasters of every kind accumulated on the wretched inhabitants. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 That very night, however, the defeated necromancer planned an attack to rob the clergyman’s premises, and it was only defeated by the extra vigilance preserved in consequence of the exposure of the impostor. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Along with other quacks and necromancers, astrologers are still occasionally in evidence, advertising their trade through the columns of the press. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time He is suspected to have been connected with Stapleton the monk, who has already appeared as a necromancer. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations Catharine handed to the necromancer a lock of fair hair and a small bottle filled with blood. Marguerite de Valois As we were in the habit of meeting daily, the necromancer kept urging me to join in his adventure. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII In that hot place, they seemed like a host of necromancers and witches, some of the latter young and extremely pretty, practising the black art. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Her gold and jewels lie concealed in the earth in caves of utter darkness; the hoards of wealth, heaps upon heaps, mould in the chests, like the riches of the necromancer's cell. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Children romp and play without fear of mosquitoes or snakes, troublesome poisonous insects being banished as thoroughly as if destroyed by some mysterious necromancer. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter So far as I know Mr. Moore has not expanded his theory to include a discussion of acrobats, revivalists, necromancers, free versifiers, camel drivers, paying tellers, painters, pugilists, architects, and opera singers. Interpreters We went together to the Coliseum; and there the priest, having arrayed himself in necromancer's robes, began to describe circles on the earth with the finest ceremonies that can be imagined. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The ideas and descriptions my mind had conjured up assumed a living, breathing vitality, and I felt like a necromancer waving his wand over the living and the dead. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands "Odd-fish, my lord," exclaimed Charles, now laughing heartily, "and were you the necromancer, too?" Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Zoroaster was not a magician who "waved the circling wand" of the necromancer. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He seemed to be the great necromancer, the great promiser. Rose MacLeod At the advice of the necromancer I again demanded to be reunited with Angelica. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The Mexican and Maya accounts of the culture hero Quetzalcoatl-Kukulcan state that he and his followers were “great necromancers” and magicians and that they taught handicrafts, metallurgy, and instituted calendar, social organization and ritual. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The major laughed wildly, and said, 'So, captain, you take me for a common necromancer, a miserable juggler, do you? Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The term "Christ" was applied to religious teachers, leaders of factions, necromancers or wonder-workers, &c. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Connected with the sanctuaries were also the prophets, augurs, soothsayers, necromancers, etc. The Christian View of the Old Testament To the necromancers of early days the anxieties of private individuals were as naught, and from the shekels of humble life they turned them contemptuously away. The Witches of New York I thought these necromancers made gold from iron.” A Prince of Good Fellows In the formul� of the necromancers it is omitted, though in practice it may have been pronounced. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The first move was made by arresting a Roger Bolingbroke who had been connected with the duke and the duchess, and who was said to be an astronomer or necromancer. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Ere long everything will get parcelled out; we shall mark the beginning of the professional man as juggler, astrologer, or prophet, necromancer, priest, physician. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages It was on a platform at the cathedral door that Roger Bolingbroke, the spurious necromancer who was supposed to have aided the ambitious designs of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, was exhibited. Old and New London Volume I When the necromancer added to the melting-pot huge lumps of what appeared to be common soil from the field, the mixture glared each time with a new colour. A Prince of Good Fellows In this successful experiment it is needless to inquire how much the necromancer depended upon optical contrivances, and how much upon an alarmed imagination. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He's no bookworm, for he seemeth Much too martial--nor a soldier Either, as he looks too modest; He may be a necromancer, An adept in all dark witchcraft, Alchemy, and other black arts. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. They are all riding about at random, without any particular pagans, necromancers, or dragons to pursue. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II She and certain priests and necromancers had, it was said, melted a wax figure of young King Henry before a slow fire, praying that as that figure melted his life might melt also. Old and New London Volume I The necromancer announced that the meetings would be held less often, but the nobles would not have it so. A Prince of Good Fellows In a small room, darkened by the deepening shadows of the twilight, sat a withered old man—looking infinitely more like a necromancer of some centuries back than an English baronet of the present day. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 We only think of the Hohenzollern as the political necromancers of modern Europe, as the supreme masters of statecraft. German Problems and Personalities Through all the ages, necromancers have tried to do that but wisely it is forbidden. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 "There were soothsayers and fortune-tellers, and necromancers with crystals to gaze into the future." Astounding Stories, April, 1931 The ambassador was sending messenger after messenger to France, and looked anxiously for their return, while the necromancer did everything to gain time. A Prince of Good Fellows “You see the power of these necromancers with their satanic arts?” said Padre Vicente. The Flute of the Gods Still less did they know the black magic of the necromancer Bismarck. German Problems and Personalities The magician, necromancer, soothsayer, or conjurer, is as useless without his wand as a Newcastle pitman is without his 'daug.' Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Besides the regular priesthood, there were many kinds of medicine men, necromancers or mediums, sorcerers and diviners, who preyed upon the superstition and credulity of their countrymen. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial The deans and bishops who discourse so eloquently on the sins of the necromancers are not, I believe, renouncing the material 80 benefits and emoluments of their priestly calling. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Eager to know more of this necromancer I searched the town for others of his books, but found only American Notes and the Scarlet Letter. A Son of the Middle Border And the next day a hint was given him that, at the request of the papal nuncio, he and Kelley were to be arrested and sent to Rome for trial as necromancers. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Their chief, the great Roman necromancer, enjoyed the state of a temporal prince, and had a whole kingdom appropriated to his use, that he might suitably support his rank and dignity as arch-conjuror. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Perhaps of all his manifold phases I liked best his rôle of assistant necromancer at a kind of psychical beauty parlour. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 Ennui was the necromancer which conjured up the ghost of Cæsar on the eve of the battle of Philippi. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The necromancer should have evoked the Spirit of Evil in the shape of a spiteful woman. The Dop Doctor Also 'There shall not be found with thee any consulter with a familiar spirit ... or a necromancer. Progress and History Most probably he took me for a necromancer, whose simple word might transport the arch across the Alps. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Thus admonished, and believing also that the necromancer was able to work me a mischief, I put my trust in St. Michael, confounder of Satan, and faithfully performed all that I was bidden to do. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Mother Michel remained silent; but she had made up her mind, and, the first time she had a moment of liberty, she ran to the house of the necromancer. The Story of a Cat The necromancer Klingsor can conjure it up and force it to his own uses. The Wagnerian Romances There was a spark of a summer’s day of 1914 still burning in the heart of a necromancer’s crystal ball on the upper shelf by the window. Waiting for Daylight Illness became so prevalent that necromancers were called in and agreed that a medium must be employed. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow A “familiar spirit” was “a spirit or demon supposed to attend on an individual, or to come at his call; the invisible agent of a necromancer's will.” Modern Spiritualism I am fain almost to believe these men of Wales, who vaunt that the false Glendower is a black necromancer who can call to his aid the dread demons of the air. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times What more was claimed by the necromancers of old? A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse And its end would be as though the necromancer had waved his wand. The Adventures of Bobby Orde "Dominus vobiscum," said the necromancer; and a train of fire leapt suddenly across the room. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The sight of the ring seemed indeed to have the power of a necromancer’s charm upon the Ober-Amtmann. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Vain are all fancies—questions bring no answer; The smokers vanish, but the pipe remains; He were indeed a subtle necromancer, Could read their records in its cloudy stains. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce “I hope your sharp wits see all the ins and outs of this business, my fine necromancer, for it seems to me no clearer than the bottom of a sack.” Romola He is accepted as an apprentice necromancer, passes all the tests of the black magic society, and is initiated as a member. Unwise Child But the truth is,' ingenuously confesses the amorous artist, 'I gave myself over for a dead man, seeing the horrid fright the necromancer was in.'—Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, chap. xiii., The Superstitions of Witchcraft Ten minutes later the necromancer had juggled twenty-five dollars out of the pocket of each newly drafted boy and into his own right-hand pocket. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon "Why, I ride on a dragon: I am a necromancer." Debts of Honor Indeed, this is not the only time I have been suspected of being a sort of necromancer. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 This he knew was a road which the great Roman necromancers had wrought, and he thought he had missed his way, for there was no other path. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls I, by the direction of the necromancer, again desired to be in the company of my Angelica. The Superstitions of Witchcraft "There shall not be found among you ... a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer." Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy The terror that the necromancers inspired was due, to a considerable extent, to the use they made of the old belief in ghosts. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism "With all my heart," said the cosmopolitan, dropping the necromancer with the same facility with which he had assumed it. The Confidence-Man The duke, who was especially fond of the society of learned men, retained in his family many priests and clerks, and among them one Roger Bolingbroke, "a famous necromancer and astronomer." Bibliomania in the Middle Ages I shouldn’t be surprised if, after all, it was one of those necromancers he was telling us about playing off his tricks. Twice Lost Talk about Aaron’s rod and those of the old Egyptian necromancers turning into serpents! The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa None would receive into his house the almost lifeless body of the necromancer—the duke's devil, as he was called—who supplied him with love potions wherewith to corrupt women. London and the Kingdom - Volume II If a necromancer, before raising a spirit, drew a circle within which he stood, he was secure against its power. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Osmand, a necromancer, who, by enchantment, raised up an army to resist the Christians. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 A similar idea regarding necromancers was widely spread over Northern Europe. The Faith of Islam Good people and worthy citizens of this town," he might say, "behold in me the great master ... prince of necromancers, astrologer, second mage, chiromancer, agromancer, pyromancer, hydromancer. German Culture Past and Present "Speak now, or you are lost," said the necromancer, to Fatima. Stories of Comedy His brother Inca Rocca went with him, who had the reputation of being a great necromancer. History of the Incas Faust, the necromancer, was born in the duchy of Weimer in 1491, twenty-five years after the printer is understood to have died. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The friar, it should be noticed, was the great philosopher and chemist who invented gunpowder, and made many other wonderful discoveries, for which he was in danger of being burnt as a wizard and necromancer. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Many ancient superstitions linger among the peasantry, such as the belief in the vampire and the evil eye; witches and necromancers are numerous and are much consulted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" But when you heard him," said the necromancer, "he was invisible, and when you saw him he was inaudible; so make up your mind what you will ask him, for ghosts will stand no shilly-shallying. Stories of Comedy A certain necromancer in Franz's town had been a party in a suit which came before the Burgomaster's court. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Translated a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. The necromancer, his assistant, and twenty-seven Coventry men were tried for the foul offence, but escaped punishment, the evidence against them proving insufficient to warrant a conviction. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The tower itself is of unknown origin, though probably Phœnician, and the house traditionally sheltered Dr. Macleod, the necromancer, after his flight from the persecution of James of Scotland. The Devil Doctor The necromancer took to his heels and got off; he was found to be no other than Mr. Claptrap, the manager of the theatre. Stories of Comedy Now, in order that the necromancer might not fail him, Franz had determined not to let him out of his sight till the day of trial. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Aristophanes represents the coward, Pisander, going to a necromancer and asking to "see his own soul, which had long departed, leaving him a man with breath alone." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life St. Ambrose, of ever blessed memory, controlled sorcerers and necromancers, and made even the evil spirits obedient to him. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Again and again there are recurrent strokes of such vividness and naturalness that we yield altogether to the necromancer. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series There was one Arabian necromancer of my acquaintance who tried to make a ghost speak, and was torn in pieces on the spot. Stories of Comedy Very early in the morning of that day the necromancer came to Franz and said: "Last night the Princess dreamed so-and-so—will your worship allow me to go away now?" Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Once, in Calcutta, price one rupee, a necromancer after fullest reading of the signs informed him that when he met the woman who should make a wife to him, she would come upon him suddenly. The President A novel Those who practise this art are, in like manner, termed witches, magicians, diviners, enchanters, sorcerers, necromancers, fascinaters. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Many people seem to be unaware that to search after necromancers and soothsayers is forbidden by the English law. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Kneeling in front of the tomb, the necromancer began the third verse. Stories of Comedy He was likewise thrust out of the city gate, bawling between his howls for some one to bring him the necromancer. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know My study had become a cave of a necromancer, the darkness alive with creatures of the night! Social Life in the Insect World Every Sunday, for many years, people of all classes crowded to consult him either as a necromancer or physician. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Jerusalem seems to have become almost as full of them as the cities of the Philistines, which had always been famous for their fortune-tellers and necromancers. Hebrew Life and Times This had been a night of wonders, having no place in the life of a sane, modern man, but belonging to the days of the jinn and the Arabian necromancers. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor However, he did not mind that, and gave the necromancer leave to depart; which that worthy did in great haste. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know The crimes and conspiracy of Clarence are there particularly enumerated, and even his dealing with conjurers and necromancers, a charge however absurd, yet often made use of in that age. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third Report says that eighteen popes, who succeeded one another, were necromancers. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales "The services of a skilful necromancer are greatly needed at the present," whispered a courtier. Atmâ A Romance The Knight whom thou seest here!" said the necromancer in a hollow voice, "is none other than thy brother-in-arms, the Christian Champion St. David of Wales. English Fairy Tales It was an age of Virgil the mysterious prophet of the coming of Christ, of Virgil the necromancer. Horace and His Influence He was everything—a frequenter of taverns and palaces, a necromancer. Mike Fletcher A Novel She had heard of Indian charmers and of Chaldean necromancers and wise men, who could perform wonders and slay their enemies with a glance. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The Princess was never stolen again—indeed the necromancer across the river who had kidnaped her was imprisoned for life on a diet of pop-corn which he popped himself. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories He was like a necromancer who, although triumphant at having truly raised a spirit by his incantations, quails mystified before it. What Necessity Knows In the Middle Age, his qualities as story-teller and poet of the compassionate heart, together with his fame as necromancer and prophet, made still more pronounced the favor in which he was held. Horace and His Influence "But Casanova was a marvellous necromancer, an extraordinary gambler." Mike Fletcher A Novel And after the geomancers and the necromancers had chosen a burial-spot which no unlucky star could shine upon, a place of rest which no demon or dragon might ever disturb, the beautiful chih was built. Some Chinese Ghosts In an instant almost--and as if touched by the wand of a mighty necromancer--the whole scene became metamorphosed. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One As though he suddenly heard some terrifying converse among his familiars the necromancer's face blanched. The Eternal Maiden To Monsieur le Marquis de P�rigny: A necromancer in the Rue Dauphin tells me that I shall not outlive you, which is to be regretted. The Grey Cloak The most prominent feature of their religion was sun-worship, and, like other wild American tribes, they abounded in "medicine-men," who combined the functions of priest, physician, and necromancer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 The more ignorant class, however, generally associated the character of the conjurer with that of the necromancer or magician, and consequently attributed his predictions to demoniacal influence. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One But their reading was as little as their misunderstanding was great, and the Florentine Secretary remained the mysterious necromancer. Machiavelli, Volume I And yet more particular is the next verse, wherein it is said;—'Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.' The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Wizard, magician, necromancer of switchboards, He hath woven spells from the actual, Keeping ideals and ideas well in the background. The Broadway Anthology Vain are all fancies,—questions bring no answer; The smokers vanish, but the pipe remains; He were indeed a subtle necromancer, Could read their records in its cloudy stains. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry The gorgeous curtains had just descended upon a narrow parlor, which a Japanese necromancer had literally filled to overflowing with colored cardboard boxes produced from the interior of one single top hat. The Devil's Garden Then he was a harper; and a poet; and an antiquary; and a necromancer; and an artificer; and a cup-bearer. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The remains of the house in which he and his sister lived are still shown at the head of the West Bow, which has a gloomy aspect, well suited for a necromancer. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft The reply was, "The river Sambatyon proves it; the necromancer proves it; the grave of thy father proves it, for the smoke thereof rises not on the Sabbath." Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala The pursuers were terribly harassed by the ice and snow, which Mailla said was produced by one of their own shamans, or necromancers, and which proved more hurtful to them than to the Mongols. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) Then the necromancer spoke again, and now his voice was louder. The Magician An' the next day he sallies over an' weds them two relicts of Black Cloud an' succeeds to that dead necromancer's estate an' both at one fell swoop. Wolfville Nights Faustus, the hero, is a mighty necromancer, who has studied himself into direct communion with preternatural beings, and beside whom Friar Bacon sinks into a tame forger of bugbears. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The proof from the necromancer lies in the allegation that his art was unsuccessful if practiced on the Sabbath-day. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Thus it was commanded that no Jew, necromancer, or sorcerer should be allowed to settle in the country. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) But suddenly she remembered that perchance his spiritualism was allied to the black art of the necromancers; and her Catholic conscience was mysteriously affrighted, and she experienced the attraction of terror. Evelyn Innes To a boy, the great artists of the world are a lot of necromancers, whose enchantments can perhaps be stolen and used again. Emerson and Other Essays From my own rebellious heart the same evil thoughts had risen, like pale apparitions hovering and lost in the fumes of a necromancer's cauldron. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 "To be sure he is," said the necromancer angrily, "the Christian gentleman has destroyed the spell; tell us how he was dressed?" The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 557, July 14, 1832 Then the necromancer hurriedly said that the experiment had failed somehow, and he darted into the dining-room. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot The necromancer artfully pretended great anxiety to serve his new master, but having discovered just where Bayard was to be found, he made use of a sedative powder to lull Satan to sleep. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art We are not necromancers, Sir, but faithful mariners, who do their mistress's pleasure. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas She seemed in these visions, to regard him as a vile necromancer, who first cast her into the sepulcher, and then brought her back by some hellish art. Paul Faber, Surgeon Now Saul the king of the Hebrews, had cast out of the country the fortune tellers, and the necromancers, and all such as exercised the like arts, excepting the prophets.... The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) Coming to himself, he gravely declared that the young man was a necromancer, and ordered that he should be kept prisoner under the helmet itself till the church should take cognisance of the affair. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction The meal over, the necromancer again had recourse to his magic art to plunge the whole camp into a deep sleep. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art —No, Manuel, it is only those necromancers who evoke the dead, and bid the dead return to the warm flesh, that can be certain as to the results of their sorcery. Figures of Earth During his residence at Rome, Cellini witnessed an incantation conducted in the Colosseum by a Sicilian priest and necromancer. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The name is derived from caera, wall, and marthen, a corruption of Merlyn, the name of its founder, who was a great necromancer and prophet, and held in high respect by the Welsh. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 351, January 10, 1829 To dream of a necromancer and his arts, denotes that you are threatened with strange acquaintances who will influence you for evil. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But the necromancer muttered a magic spell and held up his crucifix, and the bolt fell short; while the devil, losing his balance, fell to the earth, and thus lamed himself permanently. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art She chiefly favoured her own countrymen; and during the time she governed France, the land was overrun by Italian conjurors, necromancers, and fortune-tellers of every kind. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Then they redoubled their attacks; the necromancer kept crying out that the peril was most imminent, until the matin bells of Rome swung through the darkness, freeing them at last from fear. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts He remembered, moreover, that he was in the house of a Jew, a people who, besides the other unamiable qualities which popular report ascribed to them, were supposed to be profound necromancers and cabalists. Ivanhoe "Not daunted," I answered coldly, turning on my heels towards the door, "only marvelling that your majesty's skull and your necromancer's could not between them have devised a harder task." Gulliver of Mars Franklin, apothecary, druggist, necromancer, wizard, and born liar, had confessed to supplying the poisons intended for use upon Overbury. She Stands Accused While astrology was encouraged, and its professors courted and rewarded, necromancers were universally condemned to the stake or the gallows. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 He seemed to her a quaint, fascinating, benevolent necromancer, having miraculous powers which he was exercising in her behalf. The Price She Paid So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer. A Study in Scarlet One would think witches, charmers and necromancers possessing the same power and manifesting many of the same wonders that he did, should not have been so severely punished for their delusions. The Woman's Bible Cromwell, as if he cared not to look upon the person whom he expected to appear, drew back, like a necromancer afraid of the spectre which he has evoked. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The alchymist seldom confined himself strictly to his pretended science — the sorcerer and necromancer to theirs, or the medical charlatan to his. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Those old necromancers Subtlety and Falsehood must forge the magic armour, and the enchanted shield, under which I fight. Anna St. Ives He pretended to show a certificate of character, which, he averred, had been given him by that famous necromancer, and countersigned by several masters whom he had subsequently served. The Intelligence Office (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") If inquirers might not seek for answers in the churches, at the tombs of the Saints, they would seek them in the dens of necromancers. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe But wishing to penetrate into a part of the country occupied by other tribes, it became of importance to conceal my pursuits, lest I should be thought a necromancer, or in search of treasures. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land Dodona's oaks, inspired by Jove, A learned and prophetic grove, 60 Turn'd vegetable necromancers, And to all comers gave their answers. Poetical Works We seem to be convinced that we have fallen in love by enchantment, and are under the absolute dominion of a necromancer. Anna St. Ives His refusal aroused the ire of the Queen; her courtiers eagerly took up the cry, and "conjurer," "necromancer," etc., were the complimentary terms which were freely applied to the former favourite. Books Fatal to Their Authors Now all that born beneath Saturnus be,— Red planet, to the necromancer dear,— Inherit, ancient magic-books make clear, Good share of spleen, good share of wretchedness. Poems of Paul Verlaine Thae detective police are gran' necromancers an' canny in their way: an' I just took the liberty, a week agone, to ha' a crack wi' ane o' 'em. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Then the necromancers of Egypt were sent for, and they threw down sticks, which turned into snakes, but those were not so large as Moses' snakes, which swallowed them. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. "Ah, ah! are you a necromancer, M. Chicot?" Chicot the Jester In the darkened cabin a flickering, phosphorescent light played upon them, a hint which had perhaps been borrowed from the practical joking in the chamber of the sham necromancer in Greece. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece A watchful apothecary, who has penetrated the necromancer's secret, provides the young man with an antidote which saves him, but deprives the maiden of life. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne A certain great necromancer, or nigromancer, had once a pupil of considerable rank, who professed himself extremely desirous for once to have the gratification of believing himself an emperor. Lives of the Necromancers While under its influence the necromancers, or priests, were supposed to hold communication with unseen powers, and their incoherent mutterings were regarded as prophecies or revelations of hidden things. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru He is a kind of a necromancer, and can raise the dead out of their graves to make them marry and beget those they never heard of in their lifetime. Character Writings of the 17th Century The necromancer took two steps forward and seized Mr. Mole's hand. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Rappacini, an old botanist and necromancer, has trained up his daughter in the solitary companionship of this flower, from which she has acquired its peculiar properties. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne The necromancer, tired with his importunities, at length assented to his prayer. Lives of the Necromancers Sorcerer -- N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist†, theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases When Sancho came upon his master the Don explained that some cursed necromancer had converted those giants into windmills to deprive him of the honour of victory. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Upon the stairs was the long black velvet robe covered with tin-foil ornaments, with which the necromancer was wont to frighten the ignorant and superstitious peasants who came to consult him out of their wits. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The necromancer then muttered before it his blasphemous enchantment. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 The imaginary emperor cast upon the necromancer a glance of the utmost disdain and contempt. Lives of the Necromancers This, if I were a real necromancer, I should say was to prevent your seeing her dissolve into a spirit as she disappears. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record Adept in black arts of the Orient as he was said to be, what wizardry was he brewing with the aid of that traditional tool of the necromancer? Red Masquerade "That Mr. Jefferson went with Mr. Harkaway and Harvey to see a necromancer?" Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The necromancer resorted to his art with as little effect. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 During this time, while the necromancer, trembling with fear, endeavoured by mild means to dismiss them in the best way he could, Vincenzio, who quivered like an aspen leaf, took care of the perfumes. Lives of the Necromancers So that I am employed, like the General who was forced to kill his enemies twice over, whom a necromancer had raised to life. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Thou art some sorcerer or necromancer, Who by thy spells dost hold these holy strings. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 "Mesmerism can not read the future as my art does," said the necromancer. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece More may be said in favor of the radical identity of the stories of Faustus with some popular legends of the Poles, referring to a necromancer called Twardowski. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 The necromancer intreated me to have a good heart, and to take care to burn proper perfumes; upon which I turned to Vincenzio, and bade him burn all the most precious perfumes he had. Lives of the Necromancers Scaramouch is the necromancer's man, and the comic scenes, although the stage tricks are old, prove very good pantomime. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III An invention of men—a necessity of necromancers! The Prince of India — Volume 01 The present possessors of the place had preserved all the adjuncts which had looked so effective during the career of the necromancer, who had fled ignominiously. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Yea, for he would be a poor powwow and a necromancer worth nothing who could not foretell such a trifle as the day and hour when an enemy would be on them! Algonquin Legends of New England I, by the direction of the necromancer, again desired to be in company with my Angelica. Lives of the Necromancers Crowe, thus addressed, replied with a "Hilloah!" and looking towards the place from whence he was hailed, at once recognised the necromancer. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves I use the word to distinguish him from the necromancers whom the Koran has set in everlasting prohibition. The Prince of India — Volume 01 "What else does your art tell you?" demanded Jefferson, who was anxious to know how far the necromancer would venture to try and humbug them. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Before, however, entering upon the consideration of Moses, as a necromancer, as a scientist, as a statesman, as a priest, or as a commander, we should first glance at the authorities which tell his history. The Emancipation of Massachusetts In the synod of Brixen, in which Clement the Third was elected, Gregory was sentenced as a magician and a necromancer. Lives of the Necromancers The African magician had a younger brother, who was equally skillful as a necromancer, and even surpassed him in villainy and pernicious designs. Types of Children's Literature Dissembling their hate and fear they called like trembling necromancers when they invoke the fiend upon the name of power. Lectures and Essays "What would ye with me?" said the necromancer, in feeble, querulous tones. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece If that spell Or necromancer's sigil can compel them, They shall hold council with me. The Monastery In summoning back to earth "the majesty of buried Denmark," how like an awful necromancer does Shakspeare appear! Biographical Essays Some books have this power of themselves and need no necromancer. Hyperion Shortly after, in the hearing of the clown, a necromancer taught the monarch the art of sending his soul into a body not his own. The Book of Were-Wolves Then suddenly upon a sign from the necromancer, it ceased, and the man of mystery arose and pointed menacingly with his wand at Mole. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece But the necromancer had explained to the squire that property could not be created by the waving of any wand or the boiling of any cauldron. The Way We Live Now He is ever the necromancer, ever invoking phantoms, but with its whirring melody and furtive caprice this particular shape is an alluring one. Chopin : the Man and His Music All this time Jack sat watching him as a child does a necromancer, wondering what he meant to do next. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero He had entered the land of the Crotalophoboi, cannibals and necromancers who dwelt in a region so hot, and with light so dazzling, that their eyes grew on the soles of their feet. South Wind The Arab necromancer now asked them, in very good Greek, the object of their visit. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The priests, as I have said before, were accounted necromancers: the appearance of two of our three visitors might have justified the conceit. Omoo AS we were in the habit of meeting daily, the necromancer kept urging me to join in his adventure. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini I have no right to despise this tiny necromancer, for, by its beneficent power, you have been rescued from dangers which I, a man, and not a coward, was impotent to avert. Prince Eugene and His Times The figure is made of differently-coloured pieces of paper pasted on a framework either by a blind man or according to the directions of a necromancer. The Golden Bough The necromancer looked as unhappy as possible when he heard young Jack's words. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece "Second Kings," whispered the poor necromancer, in eager fellowship, and displaying a knowledge of the Bible rare amongst his sect. Such Is Life We went together to the Coliseum; and there the priest, having arrayed himself in necromancer’s robes, began to describe circles on the earth with the finest ceremonies that can be imagined. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini It is Colonel Bischofswerder, a Rosicrucian and necromancer and of course of very pleasant address. Old Fritz and the New Era Night is the great necromancer, and strange are the fabrics he weaves; he lays queer spells; breathes so eerie an intoxication through the dusk; he can cast such glamours about a voice! The Two Vanrevels "I am no scoffer," returned the necromancer; "speak on." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The high contracting Powers came to my bidding: monarchs from all parts of the earth; sovereigns from the Moon and other illumined orbits; the white necromancers, and the pale imprisoned genii. Burlesques At the advice of the necromancer, I again demanded to be reunited with Angelica. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "This is one of his tricks, and by it I recognize the great necromancer." Old Fritz and the New Era In a few days, the necromancer Trenck was the theme of every alehouse in Magdeburg, and the person was named who had seen me change my form thrice in the space of one hour. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Thereupon, the necromancer was taken suddenly queer, and he retreated with a few confused words of excuse. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece And Abaris, so far from esteeming Pythagoras, who taught these things, a necromancer or wizard, rather revered and admired him as something divine.—Iamblich., Zanoni The necromancer assured me that, often as he had entered magic circles, he had never met with such a serious affair as this. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "Then allow me to say that I abjure these tears, and laugh at the idea that these hypocrites and necromancers weep over me." Old Fritz and the New Era This was a prisoner's cell in the old days," said Donatello; "the white-bearded necromancer, of whom I told you, found out that a certain famous monk was confined here, about five hundred years ago. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni "I do," returned the necromancer, "but it is false." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The lowly one views but in the lofty a necromancer or a fiend. Zanoni Do you remember that veritable scene in Benvenuto Cellini's autobiography, in which a necromancer of his acquaintance draws a magic circle—just where the black cross stands now, I suppose—and raises myriads of demons? The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni This person announces to Minister von Herzberg that the deceiver and necromancer, Cagliostro, in his flight from Mittau, has visited her to menace her. Old Fritz and the New Era We learn something more about the neighborhood of Norcia through the necromancer who tried to get Benvenuto Cellini into his power. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy I approached to regard more narrowly this mystic chamber, which seemed a fitting laboratory for a necromancer, when I was startled at beholding a human countenance staring at me from a dusky corner. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon He was a necromancer, and there is still shown, in a certain town in Italy, the mirror in which he made the dead appear. Penguin Island Nothing in the world is more pretty than that same species of defence; it is the charm of the African necromancer who professed with a feather to turn aside the winds. Last Days of Pompeii They are daily and hourly guilty of enticing away from me the crown prince, and making the future ruler of my country an obscurer, a necromancer, and at the same time a libertine! Old Fritz and the New Era The form which these most often took in daily life is shown by Ariosto in his comedy of the necromancers. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy The cabinet of the Empress was now, in regard to Ghazi-ud-din and the Mahrattas, in the position of a necromancer who has to furnish his familiars with employment on pain of their destroying him. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan So, to the people as well as to the nobles, physician and alchemist, mathematician and astronomer, astrologer and necromancer were six attributes, all meeting in the single person of the physician. The Hated Son Was it a necromancer lured To weave his tense betraying spell? Poems — Volume 3 The Cross was of bones; the priest that read, A spectacled necromancer: But at the fourth word, the bride I led Changed to an Opera dancer. Poems — Volume 1 Perhaps I saw it in that crystal, as did the necromancers of the early world. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Mediæval monks had long ago transformed the poet Virgil into a great necromancer. Historical Lectures and Essays Give the venerable necromancer clearly to understand that we have worshipped them enough for one day. Kai Lung's Golden Hours A large, black velvet cloak, adorned with spangles, which was used upon the stage by sovereign pontiffs or venerable necromancers, did duty as a pall—not inappropriately surely. Captain Fracasse It is due to these inquiries that the shape of an "unholy necromancer," which so long haunted men's vision, has begun to fade. The Prince The tower itself is of unknown origin, though probably Phoenician, and the house traditionally sheltered Dr. Macleod, the necromancer, after his flight from the persecution of James of Scotland. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu She must escape from these sleepers, whose spirits had been expelled by the potent necromancer, opium, from these empty tenements whose occupants had fled. Dope This was not summer, but, in the quaint old phrase, Indian summer, and its end would be as though the necromancer had waved his wand. The Riverman For it is, even with the stillest and politest circles, as with the circle the necromancer draws around him—very strange appearances may be seen in active motion outside. Bleak House |
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