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Old and New London
… "around which noble terraces are springing up as if by magic." Walker thus writes in "The Original" in 1835: "The … both as to buildings and grounds, seem like the effect of magic when contrasted with the recent remembrance of the …
Old and New London
… The Savoy CHAPTER XVI. THE SAVOY. "There is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, To which the palace of the …
Old and New London
… were almost tempted to hail the wondrous work as magic. . . . . "So may the winged horse, your ancient badge …
Cardiff Records
… us, malgr nous, into the Celtic dreamland; where, in a magic mist, is conjured up a vision of kindly Cambro-British …
A History of the County of Essex
… for example, a smith's wife was accused of practising magic 'to make folks believe they should have a silly (lucky) … who were thought to have harmed people or animals through magic. 24 Although one woman admitted diabolic possession, … cases apparently derived from popular reliance upon white magic and cunning folk. In 1573 one man confessed he had sent …
Old and New London
… or from the river Thames, comes flowing, as it were by magic, into our vessels. Do we wish to get rid of it when no …
Old and New London
… we had not arrived sooner, when all in a moment, as if by magic, every object was made visibleI should rather say, …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… writings belonging to the empire, and works on alchemy and magic, which the Emperor aforesaid collected from many places …
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