magic instrument
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Two courtiers, anxious to ascertain who should succeed the Emperor Valens on the throne, employed a kind of magic instrument, resembling the modern psychograph, and succeeded in deciphering the letters Theod.
From Modern Magic by Maximilian Schele de Vere
Plying the magic instrument, first on one side and then on the other alternately, she darted along the surface of the water with inconceivable velocity.
From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
I then possess a magic instrument, and I forget the holy Lord.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
Now Wainamoinen longed to sing to his harp to rejoice the hearts of his people, but the magic instrument had been lost in the storm conjured by Louhi.
From National Epics by Kate Milner Rabb
Yet on those feet that had never worn it seriously, it became the magic instrument of pleasure, waking dulled wits and forgotten aspirations, putting upon everybody an enchantment...
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
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