"Sleight of hand" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the men went over into the chains, and slipped in behind a band fastened to the shrouds, and leaning over, began to swing a bucket into the sea by a long rope; and in that way with much expertness and sleight of hand, he managed to fill the tub in a very short time. Then the water began to splash about all over the decks, and I began to think I should surely get my feet wet, and catch my death of cold. So I went to the chief mate, ...
— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville
... both in this period of his life and later he went to sleight of hand performances, wax works, puppet shows, animal shows, "to hear the ...
— George Washington: Farmer • Paul Leland Haworth
... love Ishi as a brother, and he looked upon me as one of his people. He called me Ku wi, or Medicine Man; more, perhaps, because I could perform little sleight of hand tricks, than because of ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope |
