This circumstance diverted Mrs. Thomas, who imagined, that the man whom they called a conjurer, must have more sense than they understood. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland]
A medium, some call a conjurer, some call a charlatan and a quack. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
Gurdon had heard that sort of hands before described as conjurer's hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
Everyone in the hotel was horrified when they knew that the conjurer was a traitor and a spy. From Wordnik.com. [The Rubadub Mystery]
At this moment he reminded himself of Jama, the village sword conjurer; the image disgusted him. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
He said, all his country born promised him to join, because he was a doctor, (that is, a conjurer.). From Wordnik.com. [Negro Plot. An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of the City of Charleston, South Carolina] Reference
If the conjurer is a man he chooses one of the kings as his representative; if a woman, she selects one of the queens. From Wordnik.com. [The Gaming Table : Its Votaries and Victims : Vol. 2] Reference
Ketina protested, "The conjurer is a liar, his words are not true; they might have been true, had there been two rumbling noises.". From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
But that you may not suspect Lady Emily for a sorceress, or me for a conjurer, which is no joke in Scotland, I must tell you that Frank. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since] Reference
He was known for miles as a successful "conjurer" and giver of "hands.". From Wordnik.com. [Shapes that Haunt the Dusk] Reference
You must not, like a kind of conjurer, produce baked potatoes from your hat. From Wordnik.com. [All Things Considered] Reference
A "conjurer" can rub away a "rising" (boil) by coming to your bedside about daybreak, before you speak to any one, and rubbing the. From Wordnik.com. [Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk] Reference
We shall go back to this 'conjurer' and hear this tale outlined in its fullness. ". From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Fearless]
"Oh, I thought he might be a conjurer," was the rejoinder. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
"Thou hast pulled thy beast's tail off," said the conjurer. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
So he thought, and the next day he addressed the conjurer thus. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
She was not a conjurer of words so much as a magician in sensibility. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Poor Charles Bertram, the conjurer, was there, and it was arranged that. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
So the conjurer called his mascot and rode down through the air to his hut. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
Soon after it was light in the morning the wily conjurer made his appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
"You informed me that the conjurer was dead, and then you asked me for my ring.". From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Isn't it wonderful? as the conjurer says when he cuts your watch out of an onion. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
"You, gentlemen, must decide between you," said the conjurer, "as to who is to win.". From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
He looked like a conjurer, like the lord of an enchanted castle, summoning his spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
A powerful conjurer, who had a bear for his mascot, thought he would like to go to the Moon. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
The unfortunate conjurer succumbed, and in a few minutes "his spirit," as my informant said. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
He was a Syrian of Apamea, named Eunus, and had been a prophet and conjurer among the slaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
When the king thought the conjurer must have reached the top, he called out from the window. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
In her hut was a litter of pups, and as she was a conjurer, she said to them, "Grow up at once.". From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
As he went he was met by the king and the conjurer, who inquired the occasion of his piteous lamentation. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Hardly had the king left the chamber before the conjurer entered it and said to the queen in the king's voice. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
The queen, imagining it was her royal consort, instantly gave him the ring, and in a moment the conjurer was off with it on his finger. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
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