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

Down it went, pushing a column of compressed aqua pura ahead of it and sucking a big black hole along in its wake.

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

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 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

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