The magician was a young fellow, hardly older than Leo.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
By one of those adroit turns your social magician is master of, the Viceroy had drawn the conversation towards Nelligan's county and his native town.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
"'Tisn't Life that matters, but the Courage-" And then suddenly the train stopped, the two boys flung themselves at the window, and the porter outside, like a magician who kept a rabbit in a bag, suddenly shouted "Salton!"
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole