magic instrument
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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
Marconi's invention seems uncanny, so impossible does it appear even when you watch his magic instrument at work.
From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah
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
I remember that I have a magic instrument that resuscitates dead persons.”
From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill
