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

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 Carleton, William

And a powder made of the light-coloured tubercle formed the main ingredient, said my cousin, in the love philter; while a powder made of the dark-coloured one excited, it was held, only antipathy and dislike.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

To these lowly, solitary men, who knew nothing beyond their own fields and coppices and wastelands, its excitement came like a magic philter to change the monotony of their days.

From The Waters of Edera by Ouida

The best philter to excite love is love itself.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry