"Prestidigitation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tricks, it would be idle to give it any attention. But phenomena sufficiently striking to convert such men as Hare, Crooks, Wallace, Zoellner, and the like are certainly worthy of some attention, and cannot be at once dismissed as results of skilful prestidigitation. ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 • Various
... colleagues, Professors Fechner and Scheibner, of the University of Leipsic, and Professor Weber of Goettingen. These three, he states, were perfectly convinced of the reality of the observed facts, and that they were not to be attributed to imposture or prestidigitation. He also mentions the presence of Professor Wundt at at least one ...
— Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University • The Seybert Commission
... "Weissmann, that girl could not move a limb. She positively remained where we put her. So far as I am concerned, to-night's test eliminated her from the slightest complicity, and I confess it rejoices me greatly; but who was responsible for the prestidigitation?" ...
— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland |
