magicianry

I was not verry perticularly attached to Mr. Van Buren before, although I thought highly of him, and had never heeded the cry about Magicianry, be[li]eving as I did that it was founded only in the over heatedness of partizan zeal—But now I must confess that I would not be displeased to see him taken up and Elected (as he most assuredly would be) Vice President.

1832 March 19, John D. Woolverton, “John D. Woolverton to Tipton, March 19, 1832”, in Nellie Armstrong Robertson, Dorothy Riker, editors, The John Tipton Papers (Indiana Historical Collections; XXV), volumes II (1828-1833), Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical Bureau, page 552

Tho’ chance I yield to none in that soft chord / That giveth unto womanhood her right; / Due deference to royal majesty / And the magicianry that leads our hearts / Blindfold against our will; such is her sweetness.

1882, Gilbert Beresford, The Stream of Talent and Other Poems, London: James Nisbet & Co., […], page 87

Chefalo and Capretta are announced as necromancers. They are gay deceivers, this pair, and much of their magicianry is said to be along new lines.

1909 March 28, “Plays and Players”, in Los Angeles Herald, volume XXXVI, number 178, part II, page 6

And then the Shapiros—they are the ones who put Mag in magicianry. They have some of the best novelties in the magical line that have ever been staged, and they have promised to out-do their own best efforts—so we can all count strongly on some treat.

1917 December 5, “Military Ball of Remington Guards Friday”, in Bridgeport Evening Farmer, volume 53, number 287, Bridgeport, Conn., page 12

When Uncle Sam tried to conjure the vision into nothingness though he would still see amid the vanishing clouds of magicianry incense the little Jap patiently plodding his way to Hawaii and to California.

1921 February 28, “The Harding Administration and the Jap Problem”, in Burlington Daily Free Press, volume 87, number 50, Burlington, Vt., page 4