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8 total sentences available.
You are right to some extent in what you say. In the olden days people had a stronger belief in all kinds of witchery; now they pretend not to believe in it, that they may be looked upon as sensible and educated people, as you say.
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They are determined that I shall be burnt as a witch; and they sent their doctor to cure me; but he was forbidden to bleed me because the silly people believe that a witch’s witchery leaves her if she is bled; so he only called me filthy names.
Source: wiktionary
It may be they know something of the witcheries of this woman.
Source: wiktionary
At noon, when by the forest's edge / He lay beneath the branches high, / The soft blue sky did never melt / Into his heart,—he never felt / The witchery of the soft blue sky!
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
Closest matches include witchcraft, agacerie, alchemy, allure, allure.
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