magic instrument

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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

"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

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

I remember that I have a magic instrument that resuscitates dead persons.”

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill