philter

Example Sentences

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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

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

"Did he ask you for some potion or philter?"

From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre

No sooner was Gunnar wedded than the power of the philter ceased to operate: he remembered all that had passed, and the oath he had sworn to the fair Brynhildr.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

Desperate certainly she was when she dared even to think of giving a love philter to a minister.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse