magic instrument

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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

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

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

"I think I can arrange for you to hear," muttered the Wizard of Oz, and taking a queer magic instrument from his pocket, he whispered "Aohbeeobbuy."

From The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island by Thompson, Ruth Plumly

I then possess a magic instrument, and I forget the holy Lord.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry