elixir vitae
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Dee, at the same time, pretended to be in possession of the elixir vitae, which he stated he had found among the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, in Somersetshire.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
He lands her charms; her beauty's glow Wins from the spoiler Time new rays; Bright looks reply, approving so Beauty's elixir vitae, praise.
From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
He was thought to possess a knowledge of all the sciences, and, like Artephius, to have discovered the elixir vitae.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
He could not have made it all by the sale of his elixir vitae in Germany; though, no doubt, some portion of it was derived from that source.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
It had gathered up from the marsh this tonic of the tides, this elixir vitae which all the doctors of the world have sought in vain.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
