magic instrument
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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
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 remember that I have a magic instrument that resuscitates dead persons.”
From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler
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 Percival Christopher Wren
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