THE WHOLE ART
OF
LEGERDEMAIN;
OR,
HOCUS POCUS
IN PERFECTION.
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LEGERDEMAIN is an operation ⟨where⟩ one may seem to work wonderful, impossible, and incredible things, by agility, nimbleness, and sleight of hand.
A Description of the Operator.
1. He must be one of a bold and ⟨undaunted⟩ resolution, so as to set a good face upon the (illegible text)ter.
2. He must have strange terms, and ⟨emphasise⟩ words to grace and adorn his actions; and more to amaze and astonish the beholders.
3. And lastly, He must use such ⟨gestures⟩ body, as may take off the spectators' eyes ⟨from⟩ strict and diligent-beholding his manner of ⟨performance⟩.
To seem to eat Knives and Forks.
Desire any one of the spectators to lend ⟨a⟩ knife, which when you get hold of, so ⟨that you⟩
