elixir vitae
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Continuing his travels, he proceeded through Prussia and Austria into Turkey, Egypt, and Tatary, and thence returning to Constantinople, learned, as he boasted, the art of transmutation, and became possessed of the elixir vitae.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
He lands her charms; her beauty's glow Wins from the spoiler Time new rays; Bright looks reply, approving so Beauty's elixir vitae, praise.
From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
Our vaunted elixir vitae is the art of printing.
From A Cynic Looks at Life by Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)
"At all events, you make something of yourself, to talk of your own productions as the elixir vitae."
From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by MacDonald, George
By rights the jar should have contained quite a fortnight's supply of his elixir vitae: and it took him one or two seconds to grasp the full significance of that which had befallen him.
From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud
