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Synonyms: antic; caper; conjuration; conjuring trick; deception; fast one; flim-flam; fob; fox; illusion; john; joke; legerdemain; magic; magic trick; play a joke on; play a trick on; play tricks; prank; pull a fast one on; put-on; thaumaturgy; trick; whoremaster; whoremonger
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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making / Gibson, William Hamilton, 1850-1896
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making ... included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks details...- creator(s) - Gibson, William Hamilton, 1850-1896
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- subject(s) - trap; bait; traps; fur; trapping; bait stick; inches; stick; animal; steel trap; skin; inches; stick; bait; trapping; trap; traps; steel trap; fur; skin; bait stick; animal;
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Odd Charges Odd Craft, Part 13. / Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943
is the most difficult trick o' the lot," ses the conjurer, picking off a wheel wot 'ad stuck to the flat ... , if I fail, gentle-men, it'll be the fust and only trick I've failed in to-night. You can't expect 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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Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony / Hope, Laura Lee
69 IX. TOBY'S NEW TRICK 80 X. TOBY WALKS AWAY ... 111 XIII. TOBY FINDS THE WAY 121 XIV. TOBY'S OTHER TRICK details...- creator(s) - Hope, Laura Lee
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- subject(s) - bunny; toby; pony; sue; bunker; bunny brown; bunker blue; shetland pony; asked bunny; brown; bobbsey twins; sister sue; pony cart; gypsy camp; answered bunny; east milford; asked sue; trick pony; exclaimed bunny; big auto; uncle tad; sadie west; sell toby; trick pony; toby; brown; bobbsey twins; bunny; east milford; gypsy camp; asked sue; bunny brown; bunker blue; exclaimed bunny; big auto; pony; sister sue; asked bunny; sell toby; sadie west; sue; shetland pony; answered bunny; bunker; pony cart; uncle tad;
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Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record / Barnum, Vance
; and you have gasped at the ponderous pachyderms. Now you are to be shown a trick which has baffled the most profound ... you out of any predicament you may get into. Tricks do, sometimes, go wrong, but I'm used to that. I'll cover it up, somehow details...- creator(s) - Barnum, Vance
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- subject(s) - joe; circus; helen; jim tracy; ham logan; joe strong; harry loper; bill carfax; asked joe; bogus tickets; young magician; bill watson; helen morton; bill watson; harry loper; helen; ham logan; bogus tickets; joe; circus; young magician; bill carfax; joe strong; helen morton; jim tracy; asked joe;
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On The New Forcers Of Conscience Under The Long Parliament / Milton, John
: But we do hope to find out all your tricks, Your plots and packing wors then those of Trent ... details...- creator(s) - Milton, John
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- subject(s) - parliament; english literature; parliament; english literature;
- title - On The New Forcers Of Conscience Under The Long Parliament
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Mappo, the Merry Monkey / Barnum, Richard
A TRICK III MAPPO IN A NET IV MAPPO IN A BOX V MAPPO ON THE SHIP VI MAPPO MEETS TUM TUM VII MAPPO IN THE CIRCUS VIII MAPPO AND HIS TRICKS IX MAPPO RUNS AWAY X MAPPO AND SQUINTY ... details...- creator(s) - Barnum, Richard
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- subject(s) - mappo; monkey; tum; tiger; tum tum; thought mappo; asked mappo; little monkey; mappo looked; poor mappo; empty cocoanut; cocoanut shell; circus man; jolly elephant; merry monkey; monkey talk; jolly elephant; little monkey; tiger; merry monkey; tum tum; monkey talk; poor mappo; tum; circus man; monkey; cocoanut shell; asked mappo; mappo looked; thought mappo; empty cocoanut; mappo;
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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;
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Squinty the Comical Pig His Many Adventures / Barnum, Richard
SQUINTY AND THE BOY VI SQUINTY ON A JOURNEY VII SQUINTY LEARNS A TRICK VIII SQUINTY IN THE WOODS ... and mother while the big pigs lay asleep in the shade. Squinty was a pig very fond of playing tricks details...- creator(s) - Barnum, Richard
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- subject(s) - squinty; pig; thought squinty; little pig; pen; bow wow; grunted squinty; squinty looked; comical pig; pig weed; sour milk; pig pen; hind legs; boy; merry monkey; comical little; thought squinty; squinty; merry monkey; boy; hind legs; pig weed; sour milk; pig pen; grunted squinty; pen; squinty looked; comical pig; comical little; bow wow; pig; little pig;
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The art of controversy : and other posthumous papers / by Arthur Schopenhauer ... ; selected and translated by T. Bailey Saunders ... / Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
what the dishonest tricks are, in order to meet them ; nay, he must often make use of them himself, so as to beat ... by one side or the other. By finding out the common elements in tricks repeated in different forms details...- creator(s) - Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
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- subject(s) - opponent; dialectic; genius; intellect; opponent; dialectic; intellect; schopenhauer, arthur, 1788-1860; genius;
- title - The art of controversy : and other posthumous papers / by Arthur Schopenhauer ... ; selected and translated by T. Bailey Saunders ...
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The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy / Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
in order to defend and maintain it; he must know what the dishonest tricks are, in order to meet them; nay ... -men this or that stratagem is employed by one side or the other. By finding out the common elements in tricks repeated details...- creator(s) - Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
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- subject(s) - opponent; dialectic; proposition; genius; opponent; dialectic; schopenhauer, arthur, 1788-1860; proposition; genius;
- title - The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy
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