magic instrument
Example Sentences
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"I think I can arrange for you to hear," muttered the Wizard of Oz, and taking a queer magic instrument from his pocket, he whispered "Aohbeeobbuy."
From The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island by Thompson, Ruth Plumly
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
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
Marconi's invention seems uncanny, so impossible does it appear even when you watch his magic instrument at work.
From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah
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
