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Philter  n.  (Written also philtre)  A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.






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"Philter" Quotes from Famous Books



... Highness: if she be, Sir, a Maid of Quality, I shall soon find her out, and then you'll easily conquer. You've all the Youth, and Beauty, that can charm; and what gains most upon a Woman's Heart, you've a powerful Title, Sir, a sort of Philter, that ne'er fails to win. But you've not told me ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV. • Aphra Behn

... out of her pocket and dropped beside the trail to Agua Caliente Basin, and fate had ordained that it should be found by the one person in the world not entitled to that privilege. Kay would have given fifty thousand dollars for some miraculous philter which, administered surreptitiously to Miguel Farrel, would cause him to forget what the girl now realized he knew of her secret negotiations with Bill Conway for the salvation of the ranch. Nevertheless, despite her overwhelming embarrassment and distress, the ...
— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne

... What philter is in these faculties? The boy who will be great is always discontented with his work, ready to rub out and begin again. He follows a bee, and never quite touches that which drew him on. Plainly, the mere ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 • Various



Words linked to "Philter" :   philtre, love-philtre, potion, love-philter



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