cheiromancy

Indagine, the author of a curious book on cheiromancy, physiognomy, and astrology, was really Johann of Hagen, a German Carthusian who died in

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

In fact, many people seemed afraid to face the odd little man with his stereotyped smile, his gold spectacles, and his bright beady eyes; and when he told poor Lady Fermor, right out before every one, that she did not care a bit for music, but was extremely fond of musicians, it was generally felt that cheiromancy was a most dangerous science, and one that ought not to be encouraged, except in a tete-a-tete.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

"You don't mean to say that you believe in cheiromancy?"

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

"Talking of psychics, the occult and all that sort of thing," I remarked carelessly, "isn't cheiromancy an interesting study?"

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07 Various 1898

Is physiognomy true? or phrenology? or graphology? or cheiromancy?

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

'You mustn't say anything against cheiromancy here, Lady Windermere; it is the only subject that Arthur does not like people to chaff about.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877

'You don't mean to say that you believe in cheiromancy?'

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877

a cargo of half-scientific, half-superstitious fancies -- belief in astrology, mesmerism, spiritualism, and cheiromancy the most prominent.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various

"You mustn't say anything against cheiromancy here, Lady Windermere; it is the only subject that Arthur does not like people to chaff about.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909