magic instrument

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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

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

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 Rabb, Kate Milner

One of them directed his glass so sharply at me, that I was almost blinded by the shine of the magic instrument.

From Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus