philter

Example Sentences

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Red Hugh fell afoul of a British agent who accomplished with a philter what could not be done by force.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am absolutely in love; when she looks at me, when I touch her hand, when her dress rustles against me, I feel, as it were, a philter running through my veins.

From Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume by Feuillet, Octave

"My philter, lady," cried the gipsy woman, who had left her donkey cart outside the line.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson

The best philter to excite love is love itself.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

The way she tripped across the floor Was better than a philter.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn