elixir vitae
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A few years afterward, in "A Virtuoso's Collection," the elixir vitae is introduced, "in an antique sepulchral urn," but the narrator refuses to quaff it.
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
Not less singular were his opinions in regard to the elixir vitae.
From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
He was thought to possess a knowledge of all the sciences, and, like Artephius, to have discovered the elixir vitae.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
While they paid all due attention to other branches of science, they never neglected the pursuit of the philosopher's stone and the elixir vitae.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
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
