Eileen, like other women, could not help admiring him for his forceful handling of other men, for his keen business acumen, for his almost wizardly success.
"The Spoilers of the Valley"
Robert Watson
Many a worthy villager envied him his power over unsophisticated maidenhood-a power which seemed sometimes to have a touch of the weird and wizardly in it.
"Life's Little Ironies A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters"
Thomas Hardy