conjurers

I know many of those sort of girls whom you call conjurers; they can talk for ever, and always talk loudly or in a whisper.

Framley Parsonage 2004

I know many of those sort of girls whom you call conjurers; they can talk for ever, and always talk either loudly or in a whisper.

Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1848

A physiologist recalled the conjurers who swallow swords -- by an anatomical peculiarity of the throat -- and said that the deceased might have swallowed the weapon after cutting his own throat.

The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Israel Zangwill 1895

A physiologist recalled the conjurers who swallowed swords -- by an anatomical peculiarity of the throat -- and said that the deceased might have swallowed the weapon after cutting his own throat.

The Big Bow Mystery Israel Zangwill 1895

His friends accuse a tribe above of having effected his death by conjuring, & threaten to avenge it if property is not paid for the body, which will probably have to be complied with as the conjurers are the weaker party.

John Work's Journey from Fort Vancouver to Umpqua River, and Return, in 1834 1834

But there is among them a class of men, called conjurers, who monopolize the medical science; and who, blending mystery with their art, do not choose to communicate their knowledge.

Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe William Bingley 1798

Spiritualism, either by the tricks familiar to all "conjurers," or else by the psychology of deception (see page 280).

The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Arthur Cheney Train 1910

They held firmly to the sway of witches and recognized the full and often fell power of "conjurers" of their own race.

The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war, 1901

The conjurers of this field would gather several times a year at conferences, with hotel ballrooms packed to the gills with webmasters and consultants.

In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

And so Cal spent a lifetime binding his dreams to the dreams of others—to the real conjurers, gadget-masters and geniuses he encountered.

Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011