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 Bennett, Arnold
I then possess a magic instrument, and I forget the holy Lord.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
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
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 Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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