The men, unless when engaged in robbery or theft, lead a life of absolute idleness, and are supported by what the women can procure by begging, stealing or telling fortunes.
They have all the vices of those Egyptians, or Bohemians, who formerly used to wander over the world, telling fortunes, and living at the expense of superstition and credulity.
He was released after some months' confinement, and continued for five years to lead a vagabond life in Germany, telling fortunes at one place, and pretending to make gold at another.
He continued for several years to practise in London as an astrologer; casting nativities, telling fortunes, and pointing out lucky and unlucky days.
Illustration: 15 Telling Fortunes] 15 Telling Fortunes At the gypsies' camp Jimmy Rabbit had seen something that was very interesting.
In telling fortunes, promises are the only capital requisite, and the whole art consists in properly adapting these promises to the age and condition of the parties who seek for information.
A very pretty way oftelling fortunes is with =Fairy Airships= made of feathers.
Telling fortunes to servant girls and old maids is a source of income to some of them.
She confines herself more exclusively to telling fortunes than do many of the others, and has never yet made her appearance in a Police Court to answer to an accusation of a grave crime.
He learned from this dingy document that the prices of telling fortunesby lines of the hand, by cards, and by the stars, varied in amount from one to five dollars.
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