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

Dejanira, being jealous, anointed the robe with the philter she had received from Nessus.

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

Thy look containeth both the dawn and sunset stars, Thy perfumes, as upon a sultry night exhale, Thy kiss a philter, and thy mouth a Grecian vase, That renders heroes cowardly and infants hale.

From The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, Charles

She hastens to the Friar who married them, and he gives her the philter, which she accepts joyfully and carries home in her bosom.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various

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