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... pretending to be gypsies, I cr wandering in the habit or ozrm of Egypians-, or pie- :. tending to ha ve ;kill in physiognomy, palmistry. or leIs crafty BciCex, or pretendingg to fell fortunes, or using any 7 subtle craft to deceive and impose on any of his ...
... ai'. Scott's novel of Guy Mlannering. She, like many of her tribe, en- either lied, or pretended to have, a knowledge of palmistry. ty, Tiris ORDNANCE SuvrEY.-in the ordnaince' estimates for ait, 1855-56 there is an itemr of £53,000 on account of the Ordnance ...
... what had occurred long ago, thi such as fortune telling, but there was no pretence for an', saying that Blade practised palmistry or the like. su~ is There was no evidence of false pretence whvlich must be P id the allegation of a fact or a pretended ...
... decision in Dr Slade's case re- c viewedby the Judges of the Queen's Bench to decide el awhether the omission of the words by palmistry or ol e otherwise is fatal' to the conviction, as ruled by the di ,tAssistant-Judge at the Middlesex Sessions. e Mr A. ...
... fairs which are held upon the hills, and perhaps stay a few days ; and by them, to some extent, the belief in: astrology and palmistry is strengthened. The carters who have to spend some considerable time every (4ay t with their horses in the stable still ...
... 25th inst. I understand Mr Gladstone has permitted an outline of his hand to be made for the book about to be published on palmistry by Mr Olaud arren ; so also has the President of the Royal I Academy. Mr J. L. Toole, the well-known 1 actor, and Mr Holyoake ...
... eacent when hr orison. L as t May he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment c at Birmingham for practicing the art of palmistry, Central Criminal, Court, to ill montla& imprisonrment b for a like offence. He has also undergone 18 months ii hard labour- ...
... at ill, Pendent writes to the 1Standard protesting loel ,es, against the latest craze of s'ociety - amateur ored :iss palmistry. The practice is (he says) as easy as table,' tota Ire turning or working planchette, and therefore is play on, sprea-dinig ...
... hover in- ce the distancewatch theactorsin this sad comaedy with an s) interest which never tires. Their future-what - w palmistry can reveal it ? The Old World' gladly parts with them,, and it is questionable whether the New.. Wbii4 wsll i-eceive'' themi ...
... with the English mystics all round' ti it his bead :on animal magnetism, mesmerism, spiritual- ii t' isn, astrology, magic, palmistry, alchenmy, the Rosi- a is, ornucians and the Gnostics 1-with Bebmnen andFludd d it and Helniont and Paraceleus peering over ...
... not bedisposed to indulge in swveepingcensure. IFolly is perennial, and it afflicts all classes lofsociety, The science of palmistry, theI treading of tea cups, fortune-telling with Icards, turning money when the new moon his first seen, and a host of kindred ...
... in the hand as well as in the face-to be able to detect the - hand of a thief or the palm of an honest man by the grip. Palmistry has become - at once a science, an amusement, and a speculation. Whatever of truth there may be in its claims, it is evident ...