miracle-monger

Called to attend his father to the Confessor's court, the youth, who had little respect for one so unwarlike as "the miracle-monger," uttered his contempt for saintly king, Norman prelate, and studious monks too loudly, and thereby shocked the weakly devout Edward, who thought piety the whole duty of man.

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

He was far more than a healer; he studied to rid the people of the idea that he was a mere miracle-monger.

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

It is this which gives the miracle-monger his chance.

The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Various

Solomon is therefore represented as a thaumaturgist, and while not a single example is given of the proverbs ascribed to him, his exploits as a miracle-monger are extolled.

Josephus Norman Bentwich 1927

That set me thinking, and as I saw your name in the paper, connected with the Blue Disease, I knew you were a miracle-monger.

The Blue Germ Maurice Nicoll 1918

Solomon is therefore represented as a thaumaturgist, and while not a single example is given of the proverbs ascribed to him, his exploits as a miracle-monger are extolled.

Josephus Bentwich, Norman 1914

She disapproved completely of Doctor Tarrant's little speech, and she had less and less disposition to be associated with a miracle-monger.

The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Henry James 1879

He was thinking, no doubt, of the miracle-monger of Tyana,

A Thorny Path — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867

He was thinking, no doubt, of the miracle-monger of Tyana,

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

He was thinking, no doubt, of the miracle-monger of Tyana,

A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867