aqua pura

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With pleasure, captain," said the Pythagorean, "only I wish you would adopt my principles—a vegetable diet and aqua pura.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

I suppose I consumed some nine gallons of aqua pura during the morning: you can do this with impunity, because there is no ice in it, and the bacteria are of the most wholesome kind.

From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer

In Europe, for instance, light wines cannot be produced without 'liquor,' as the trade calls aqua pura, by latitudes lower than Germany and Southern France.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Medical attendance was called, and I passed the night in a bath of attar of roses delicately medicated with aqua pura.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

"You see I'm not afraid to risk a dip in the aqua pura," he said.

From The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained by Hope, Laura Lee