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At length, almost, as it would seem, by some sleight of hand, he found the fatal shilling in his palm, and had promised to go before the nearest magistrate to be sworn in as one of his Majesty's marines the next morning. And after that he remembered nothing more.
He was a wit, and could also perform all sorts of sleight of hand tricks, besides being so quick with his pencil that his doings seemed miraculous. One evening, during a conversation with many friends, someone declared that in point of time Sir Edwin could do a record-sketch.
Jehan ringed him in circles of light, and the famous downward stroke was expended on vacant air. He played with him till he breathed heavily like a cow, and then by a sleight of hand sent his sword spinning among the oak mast. The young giant stood sulkily before him, unarmed, deeply shamed, waiting on his death, but with no fear in his eyes.
"That's just it," said Sleight slowly; "who's to know that your friends haven't been there already that seems to have been your style." "But no one knew it but me, until I told you, I swear to God. I ain't lying, boss, and I ain't drunk. Say don't give it up, boss. That man of yours likely don't believe it, because he don't know anything about it. I do I could find it." A silence followed. Mr.
III. That even believers have need to have this truth inculcated often: For, Satan is busy pulling them off this ground by all the wiles and temptations he can. Their own corruption within, and the evil heart of unbelief, is always opposing this way, and drawing them off it. Through the sleight of Satan and the power of corruption, they are oftentimes declining from this pure gospel way.
The throwing the hides upon the pole was the most difficult work, and required a sleight of hand which was only to be got by long practice.
I don't let on to be a sailor like you, but ez I know the ship ez a boy knows his first boss, as a woman knows her first babby, I reckon thar ain't no treasure yer, onless it was brought into the Pontiac last night by them chaps." "But are you mad? Sleight would not pay three times the value of the ship to-day if he were not positive!
His son-in-law, who had lived in the south, was there. In conversation about picking cotton, he said, 'some hands cannot get the sleight of it. I have a girl who to-day has done as good a day's work at grubbing as any man, but I could not make her a hand at cotton-picking.
I am not sure that the exposé is wise. Illogical people will not see the force of Dr. Sexton's argument, and will possibly think it "proves too much." If so much can be done by sleight of hand and ingenious machinery, they will argue, perhaps, that the Davenports and other mediums are only cleverer conjurors still, or have better machinery. Alas! all my fairyland is pasteboard now.
He could assert a proposition and connect with it what appeared to be only a judicious modification or amplification, but which, in reality, was susceptible of being interpreted as either more or less corroborating or contradicting it, as occasion might require. This was a sort of sleight of hand, in the use of words; and was noticed, at the time, as "legerdemain."
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