aqua pura
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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 Frederic Mayer Bird
Up went the spectral fan again, and out came the forty-two shillings, and, with a formal courtesy, the venerable old maid walked away with the two bottles of aqua pura in her pocket.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
This vegetable always flourishes in a moist soil, though it generally has a holy horror of aqua pura.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 by Various
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 Sir Owen Seaman
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
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