aqua pura

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Medical attendance was called, and I passed the night in a bath of attar of roses delicately medicated with aqua pura.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

With pleasure, captain," said the Pythagorean, "only I wish you would adopt my principles—a vegetable diet and aqua pura.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

"You see I'm not afraid to risk a dip in the aqua pura," he said.

From The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained by Hope, Laura Lee

Upon my credit," observed Father Mulrenin, "I think the aqua pura is the best of it.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

But the show was a frost, though Lillah gave an excellent imitation, with the aid of a toy spider, of a Hun inserting bacilli into the nation's aqua pura.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir