adjuration

• Why he did not speak then, in reply to this adjuration--why, indeed, he had not spoken before, in support of Lieutenant Lovel's views in favor of his friend, I do not know to this day, though I mean to ask him the first time I have the opportunity. —  Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'
• And in what curtain'd chamber was the birth Of Understanding The great Sea uplifts Its hand in adjuration, and declares "_'Tis not with me,_" and its unfathom'd deep In subterranean thunders, echoing cry "_No, not with me. —  Man of Uz, and Other Poems
• He stopped as he uttered this impassioned adjuration, and his countenance changed instantaneously as he gazed on mine Cruel, cruel that I am!" —  Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author
• Into one of the child's hands he thrust the card he had drawn again from his waistcoat and into the other the largest silver coin he could find in the same receptacle, while he bent over him with words of adjuration--words the little page tried to help himself to apprehend by instantly attempting to peruse the other words written on the card That's no use--it's Italian," said Peter; "only carry it round to Miss Rooth without a minute's delay. —  The Tragic Muse
• A favourite method of consultation was this: The conjuror having repeated the necessary adjuration, and applied the proper charms, with the litany or invocation peculiar to the spirits or angels whose assistance was to be asked, the seer looked into a crystal or beryl, wherein he saw, or pretended he saw, the answers to his interrogatories, represented either by types or figures. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales

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