elixir vitae
Example Sentences
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Not less singular were his opinions in regard to the elixir vitae.
From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
As to the search for the elixir vitae, it's a dull realism after the attempts I have witnessed for years to get money out of myself.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
The air at this height is pure elixir vitae.
From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud
The "Mosses from an Old Manse" supply another link in this train of reflection; for "The Virtuoso's Collection" includes some of the elixir vitae "in an antique sepulchral urn."
From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Our vaunted elixir vitae is the art of printing.
From A Cynic Looks at Life by Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)
