aqua pura
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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
I suppose I consumed some nine gallons of aqua pura during the morning: you can do this with impunity, because there is no ice in it, and the bacteria are of the most wholesome kind.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer
In Europe, for instance, light wines cannot be produced without 'liquor,' as the trade calls aqua pura, by latitudes lower than Germany and Southern France.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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
They found the messenger serene in the belief that the "Sunset Express" was taking on nothing more stimulating and dangerous than aqua pura.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
