Her so-called fortune-telling is nothing more than business advice. From Wordnik.com. [The Huckleberry Murders] Reference
I'm not talking about fortune-telling or witchcraft. From Wordnik.com. [I Tina]
Well, I've spent my time with the fortune-telling kind. From Wordnik.com. [Dusty Old Fairgrounds] Reference
So I will, said I; for I have enough of fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
I don't do fortune-telling — just character delineation. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
The women are going fortune-telling, and we play the music. From Wordnik.com. [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference
"Know anything about fortune-telling, do ye?" he asked warily. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
These forecasts are closer to fortune-telling than to science. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2003] Reference
‘Give us a touch of the fortune-telling pictures about me.’. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
Astrology, crystals, fortune-telling, she didn't buy any of it. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
They practised astrology as well as astronomy and fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
That the science of chemistry is as impositive as fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
But his fortune-telling was of the same kind as one finds everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
The wellsprings of fortune-telling on this subject have all dried up. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Jane Predicts: How to survive the coming economic meltdown....] Reference
For fortune-telling the fingers from first to fourth are designated as. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
In Suez a fortune-telling dervish, perhaps because he had just seen an. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
Cunning, duplicity, and falsehood are associated with fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
HORATIO BOTTOMLEY pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917] Reference
Back of the sandwich counters and fortune-telling booths are stored the. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
From his accounts, it seems they were much addicted to fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
As late as the fifth century the Druids kept their skill in fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Hallowe'en] Reference
They had abandoned the usual schemes of fortune-telling and petty pickpocketing. From Wordnik.com. [The Robin And The Kestrel]
She heard music, and recognized it as the fortune-telling scene in the gypsy camp. From Wordnik.com. [red dust] Reference
You can be introduced to the queen as a woman skilled in charms and fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes] Reference
‘Cut away again,’ said the boy, ‘and give us a fortune-telling one; a future one.’. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
‘Not exactly; but you seem to know everything; you mentioned, I think, fortune-telling.’. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
"One of the books I found in the library talked about fortune-telling cards," she said instead. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
Her father had grown quiet, like a fortune-telling machine waiting for another coin to continue. From Wordnik.com. [Salesman] Reference
‘How do I know — never mind; but a nice book it is — no love, no fortune-telling in it.’. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
“Forgive my following my companions, father; I am proof both to flattery and fortune-telling.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Dwarf] Reference
Prof. MASK: She even befriends a Balinese medicine man she seeks out for wisdom and fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [Eat, Pray, Love, Leave: Orientalism Still Big Onscreen] Reference
She was made up to resemble an old crone, and her fortune-telling kept her victims in gales of laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
But we could have borne all this, had not a fortune-telling gypsey come to raise us into perfect sublimity. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference
As he passed the doorway of a fortune-telling shop, the door snapped suddenly open and blocked his progress. From Wordnik.com. [Kahen no Ame] Reference
There were several other attractions, the favorite, after "Denton's trained animals," being the fortune-telling booth. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
The impostor was renowned for his wonderful tricks of legerdemain, as well as for cures, necromancy, and fortune-telling. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Her dabbling in fortune-telling and her ability to locate water in the most arid of deserts make her seem magical, almost witchlike. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother of Chile] Reference
“Instead of bracing up your energies now to rook some money out of our venerable senior, you turn your thoughts to fortune-telling!”. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
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