elixir vitae
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"No. I was giving her the true elixir vitae, unknown even to the Rosicrucians."
From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by MacDonald, George
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
Its adherents appear to have imbibed their notions from the Arabians, and claimed the possession of the philosopher's stone, the art of transmuting metals, and the elixir vitae.
From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William
As to the search for the elixir vitae, it's a dull realism after the attempts I have witnessed for years to get money out of myself.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
I throw these old leaves into the elixir vitae of sweet memory, as Dr. Heidegger that old rose into his wonderful crystal water.
From The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne by Le Gallienne, Richard
