conjuring-trick

Many things have happened that people call miracles, by which they mean a sort of divine conjuring-trick that is performed or brought about by violating or annihilating natural laws.

Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour

But for all that the transformation had something of the effect of a conjuring-trick.

Jill the Reckless 1928

I never met any one who knew how the thing was done, but I never met any one who believed it to be anything else than a conjuring-trick.

The Greatest Thing in the World And Other Addresses 1920

Have you ever heard of a conjuring-trick like that -- to send money from England to Bornholm over the telegraph cable?

Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

Have you ever heard of a conjuring-trick like that -- to send money from England to Bornholm over the telegraph cable?

Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

This is the Demon's amazing conjuring-trick -- what else can you call it?

The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908

This is the Demon's amazing conjuring-trick -- what else can you call it?

The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908

Bring back the pudding! 'and there it was again in a moment like a conjuring-trick.

Through the Looking Glass 1899

The man's a sorcerer; the thing's a conjuring-trick, it's

Swann's Way Marcel Proust 1896

After a few minutes, Medford shows the Signor his conjuring-trick of the shilling in the glass.

Happy-Thought Hall 1876