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.
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This valuable philter was not to be sent to the party till the next day.
From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by John Davenport
She often finds in religion a curious philter, both a sedative and a stimulant.
From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George
There is a dish for you, a philter wherewith to woo the appetite!
From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton
Well, madam, you shall be supplied with a philter that never fails, on the payment ol twenty-one shillings.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
So shocked was Byron that he complained that the book was filled with "the philtered ideas of a jaded voluptuary."
From Time Magazine Archive
These descriptions ought to have been written by Tiberius at Caprea—they are forced—the philtered ideas of a jaded voluptuary.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
