philter
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Red Hugh fell afoul of a British agent who accomplished with a philter what could not be done by force.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Sincere love is the only philter that can effect prodigies," Anna Bell sighed as she answered.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
And a powder made of the light-coloured tubercle formed the main ingredient, said my cousin, in the love philter; while a powder made of the dark-coloured one excited, it was held, only antipathy and dislike.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
Take this philter, my pet—go and find your Prince Charming.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
But in the next act, just before she drinks the philter alone in her chamber, she oversteps the modesty of nature.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
So shocked was Byron that he complained that the book was filled with "the philtered ideas of a jaded voluptuary."
From Time Magazine Archive
These descriptions ought to have been written by Tiberius at Caprea—they are forced—the philtered ideas of a jaded voluptuary.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
