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.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Our betrothal," he answered, dreamily, as one who has set his lips to a philter.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
A love-potion," replied Luke Hatton, calmly, "I am about to prepare a philter for her, and will answer for its effect.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
The way she tripped across the floor Was better than a philter.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
She hastens to the Friar who married them, and he gives her the philter, which she accepts joyfully and carries home in her bosom.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
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
