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1.  The Conjure Woman / Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932
   The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Conjure Woman, by Charles W. Chesnutt This eBook is for the use ... .gutenberg.net Title: The Conjure Woman Author: Charles W. Chesnutt Release Date: March 22, 2004 [EBook #11666  details...
   • creator(s) - Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932
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   • subject(s) - dat; mars dugal'; cunjuh; cunjuh man; aun' peggy; mars marrabo; gwine; mars jeems; fum; mars; nigger; tuk; ober; hab; niggers; git; sis' becky; julius; mars' dugal'; plantation; dave; dere; w'ite folks; dan; den; mo' d'n; nex' mawnin'; aun' nancy; wim'l't; mars' dugal'; tuk; fum; dan; nigger; wim'l't; mo' d'n; dere; w'ite folks; plantation; dave; ober; aun' peggy; git; niggers; dat; mars; cunjuh man; aun' nancy; hab; mars jeems; gwine; nex' mawnin'; mars dugal'; cunjuh; den; sis' becky; julius; mars marrabo;
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2.  Magic A Fantastic Comedy / Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
   that a conjuring trick. Or, in apology to your cloth, I will say a miracle. SMITH. I accept the apology ... you should have all the old jokes too. SMITH. [_Laughing also._] By the way, you call it a conjuring trick that poor people  details...
   • creator(s) - Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
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   • subject(s) - patricia; conjurer; morris; smith; duke; doctor; hastings; fairy tale; duke; patricia; conjurer; fairy tale; hastings; morris; smith; doctor;
   • title - Magic A Fantastic Comedy
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3.  From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution /
   OF A CONJURER'S PRACTICE. IN THE KLAMATH LAKE DIALECT. OBTAINED FROM MINNIE FROBEN, BY A.S. GATSCHET. M[/a][k ... | the | not | enter | conjurer |h[/u  details...
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   • subject(s) - biam; tch; sweat; rabbit; conjurer; grandmother; pack; lodges; trademark; refund; archive; sweat; conjurer; tch; biam; refund; pack; trademark; lodges; grandmother; archive; rabbit;
   • title - From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
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4.  Odd Charges Odd Craft, Part 13. / Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943
   as you want it don't matter. I s'pose you mightn't be a conjurer from London, sir?" The traveller shook ... 'rally speaking, conjurers do things that are no use to anyone; wot I should like to see a conjurer  details...
   • creator(s) - Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943
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   • subject(s) - dicky weed; conjurer; dicky; john biggs; bob; biggs; bob pretty; arter; agin; afore; weed; mug; pistol; bill; trademark; trick; refund; pocket; archive; literary; access; watch; donations; george; pocket; trick; trademark; pistol; dicky weed; conjurer; watch; afore; weed; john biggs; bob pretty; archive; refund; access; dicky; arter; donations; literary; agin; bob; mug; biggs; bill; george;
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5.  The Puritaine Widdow / Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works), 1564-1616
   of a Fortune-teller. SKIRMISH. A Fortune-teller? Very proper. PYE. And you of a figure-caster, or a Conjurer. SKIRMISH. A Conjurer? PYE. Let me alone; I'll instruct you, and teach you to deceive all eyes ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works), 1564-1616
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   • subject(s) - pye; widdow; godfrey; edmond; moll; frailty; nicholas; captain; skirmish; aye; master edmond; corporal; widow; nay; chain; corporal oath; george; captain idle; master edmond; godfrey; widow; frailty; edmond; pye; nicholas; moll; captain idle; nay; chain; captain; aye; corporal oath; skirmish; corporal; widdow; george;
   • title - The Puritaine Widdow
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6.  From the Quarto of 1616 / Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
   , That I may conjure in some bushy grove, And have these joys in full possession. VALDES. Then haste ... what I can do: This night I'll conjure, though I die therefore. [Exeunt.] Enter two SCHOLARS  details...
   • creator(s) - Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
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   • subject(s) - faustus; tos; mephistophilis; doctor faustus; later tos; enter faustus; old eds; evil angel; second scholar; later tos; old eds; faustus; evil angel; tos; mephistophilis; doctor faustus; enter faustus; second scholar;
   • title - From the Quarto of 1616
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7.  A Question / Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898
   . But all the scenes swiftly conjured up before her mental vision were very different from that just witnessed. Once ... . A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks  details...
   • creator(s) - Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898
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   • subject(s) - xanthe; semestre; phaon; leonax; mopsus; dorippe; lysander; messina; jason; keeper; dorippe; semestre; leonax; phaon; mopsus; xanthe; lysander; jason; messina; keeper;
   • title - A Question
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8.  London Antiques / Irving, Washington
   not metamorphose me into some strange monster, or conjure me into one of the bottles on his mantelpiece? He proved, however, to be any thing but a conjurer, and his simple garrulity soon dispelled all the magic and mystery ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Irving, Washington
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   • subject(s) - gray; pile; hall; centre; arch; ancient; establishment; american literature; arch; centre; pile; hall; gray; establishment; ancient; american literature;
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9.  Cock Lane and Common-Sense / Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
   the Australian conjurers described on p. 41, as being actually _bound_ by the bark cords 'wound about their heads ... Eye'. Mr. J. W. Maskelyne, the eminent expert in conjuring, has remarked to the author that the old  details...
   • creator(s) - Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
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   • subject(s) - phenomena; hallucinations; hallucination; ghost; psychical; hypothesis; cock lane; ghosts; hallucination; cock lane; phenomena; hypothesis; hallucinations; psychical; ghost; ghosts;
   • title - Cock Lane and Common-Sense
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10.  Georgia Narratives, Part 1 / Work Projects Administration
    from the Lord" and "no conjurer can bother him." Whitley 1-25-37 [HW: Dis #5 Unedited] Minnie B. Ross EX ... superstitions, conjure, signs, etc. could be obtained from her. After a short conversation pertaining  details...
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    • subject(s) - dat; marse; chillun; atter; marster; lak; dem; plantation; dere; niggers; git; slaves; marse alec; dar; white folkses; den; dere warn't; marse john; slave; georgia; folks; old marster; dem days; big; marse billy; marse billy; dem days; atter; slave; folks; marse alec; slaves; dar; dere; chillun; dem; white folkses; marse john; plantation; lak; niggers; git; georgia; dat; old marster; marster; dere warn't; den; big; marse;
    • title - Georgia Narratives, Part 1
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