talisman

• The secret that I learned that day has acted like a talisman, and has turned every spot that I have visited into an enchanted ground. —  Mushrooms on the Moor
• Whatever its form, the talisman was believed to exert an extraordinary influence over the bearer, especially in warding off disease or injury In its widest sense, the word talisman is synonymous with amulet The Dutch historian, Johann Busch (1400-1477), told of his meeting a woman, the wife or daughter of a soldier, on some public festal occasion at Halle in Prussian Saxony. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
• Never part with it, day or night, and may it ever, by the very strength of my love for you, be as a talisman--a 'charm'--to stand between you and all peril, as you say the mental image of me has already done; how, I cannot see, but it is enough for me that you say so. —  The Sign of the Spider
• It had indeed acted as a talisman, as a "charm" to stand between him and the most deadly of peril, as her aspiration had worded it. —  The Sign of the Spider
• Treasure that sacred talisman, and heaven's blessings will be always with you. —  Second Book of Tales

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