The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 169
LEGERDEMAIN. 165. … SIMPLE DECEPTION. THE Stick a little wax upon your thumb, take a by-stander by the fingers, show him a sixpence, and tell him you will put the same into his hand ; then wring it down hard with your waxed thumb, and, using many words, look him ir the face; suddenly take away your thumb, and the coin…
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