Lexicographical Neighbors of Legerdemains
Literary usage of Legerdemains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus, John Wilson (1913)
"For what ridiculous stuff is there which that stump of the Fig-tree Priapus does
not afford 'em ? what Tricks and legerdemains with which Mercury does not ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1870)
"... by a look or touch of the accused, to be an infallible evidence of guilt, but
frequently liable to be abused by the Devil's legerdemains. " 7. ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"M. Oliver, a French conjurer, was another desperate offender. In his programme
he offers "to perform an infinity of legerdemains," such as " the cut and ..."
4. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"... but frequently 'liable to be abused by the Devils legerdemains': I say, those
very Men of God most conscientiously Subjoined this Article to that Advice ..."
5. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1904)
"... or Anatomie of legerdemains, sec. Edn front, and Lutheri errores, 1. д., cf., fine
copy, 410, Colonie, ..."
6. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"... together with their sleights and legerdemains, they were spoke of farre and
neere, insomuch that many of our English loy- terers joyned with them, ..."
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