magic instrument
Example Sentences
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His voice, indeed, was a magic instrument: sometimes it rumbled like the thunder; sometimes it warbled like the sweetest music.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by Metcalf, John Calvin
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 Vere, Maximilian Schele de
I then possess a magic instrument, and I forget the holy Lord.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
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 Bennett, Arnold
No. Ships carry the "far-eye," the magic instrument that makes the distant near, that brings things from miles away to within a few yards.
From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher
