Conjuration

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CONJURATION. A swearing together. It signifies a plot, bargain, or compact made by a number of persons under oath, to do some public harm. In times of ignorance, this word was used to signify the personal conference which some persons were supposed to have had with the devil, or some evil spirit, to know any secret, or effect any purpose.

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Endeavoring, then, to collect his ideas, he prepared to perform that species of incantation, and those uncouth rites, under which the Indian conjurers are accustomed to conceal their ignorance and impotency.

Then what should luck do in my favor but lead me to the very spot where one of the most famous conjurers of the tribe was dressing himself, as I well knew, for some great battle with Satan-- though why should I call that luck, which it now seems was an especial ordering of Providence.

At this favorable moment the counterfeit conjurers disappeared.

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Despite these miraculous feats, Norrell will soon have competition when a younger, more charismatic conjurer called Jonathan Strange (Bertie Carvel) rocks up.

Casting a magic spell; TVGUIDE

Rich, charming and in love with a woman called Arabella (Charlotte Riley), Strange in life when a backstreet conjurer called Vinculus (Peter Kaye) tells him he is destined to become a magician.

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Rich, charming and in love with a woman called Arabella (Charlotte Riley), Strange finds a purpose in life when a backstreet conjurer called Vinculus (Peter Kaye) tells him he is destined to become a magician.

Magic is a terrifying Pandora's box that has seduced Morrell; INtervIew The big Surreal and magical, an all-star cast brings Susanna Clarke's Surreal and magical, an all-star cast brings Susanna Clarke's spellbinding Napoleonic odyssey to the small screen Walter Pole (Samuel West) doubts his spellbinding Napoleonic odyssey to the small screen

NEXT (5*, Friday, 9pm) NICOLAS CAGE plays a Las Vegas conjurer who can see two minutes into the future.

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Chesterton's clever piece sparkles; the Conjurer, as he is called, "an intellectual-looking man, young but rather worn," fences verbally with the other characters in the playwright's voice:

Magic, the magician, the prestige, the illusionist

Khartoum 2 Aout (SUNA)- Le ministre de l'Interieur, General Esmat Abdul Rahman a salue les efforts faits par l'administration general de la defense civile et l'Union nationale de la jeunesse soudanaise ainsi que les organisations civiles pour conjurer les effets des inondations et les pluies dans l'Etat de Khartoum.

Le ministre de l'Interieur salue les efforts des jeunes pour conjurer les effets des inondations

Durant la prolongation, par sa fougue de conjurer le sort, Rial sera dementi par le gardien mouloudeen, Djemili, qui claquera la balle du [beaucoup moins que]heros[beaucoup plus grand que] de cette finale avant de replonger Rial dans le cauchemar en deviant le penalty lors de la serie des tirs au but.

Rial, 46 ans apres ...Bouyahi

Al Ain: Jorge Naeve of Germany warmed up for the main Emr Grand Prix on Friday with a resounding victory on Conjurer in the CSI 2-star Al Ain Grand Prix Qualifier at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club on Thursday.

Naeve on form at Al Ain showjumping event

Markesinis, teacher at an independent school, describe the art and the resulting dissidence, the background of the thaw, the evolution of a method to the thaw, the writer portrayed as a thief and a conjurer, the resurrected dead, the writer as enemy, and support from afar.