magic instrument
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
