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Definition of Philters
1. philter [v] - See also: philter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philters
Literary usage of Philters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"philters, Magical and Poetical Cures. WHERE persuasions and other remedies will
... If forced by spells and philters, saith Paracelsus, it must be eased by ..."
2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"philters, Magical and Poetical Cures. WHERE persuasions and other remedies will
... If forced by spells and philters, saith Paracelsus, it must be eased by ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"philters, Magical and Poetical Cures. WHERE persuasions and other remedies will
not take place, many fly to unlawful means, philters, amulets, magic spells, ..."
4. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"mention, it lay chiefly in the people deceived, or equally in both ; and this
was in wearing charms, philters,1 exorcisms,2 amulets,3 and I ..."
5. The Comic History of the United States: From a Period Prior to the Discovery by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"The philters of Love, Ambition, Heroism, etc., administered to Men and Nations.
— Their Effects. — Delusions, like Measles, catching. ..."
6. Curiosities of Medical Experience by John Gideon Millingen (1839)
"LOVE philters AND POTIONS. The ancients thought that there existed, not only
various charms to kindle amorous feelings, but also to check all fond desires. ..."
7. The Works of Charles Paul de Kock, with a General Introduction by Jules Claretie by Paul de Kock (1902)
"CHAPTER VIII THE EFFECT OF THE philters. FRERE JACQUES LEAVES H1s COMPANION.
END OF H1s ADVENTURES "!N spite of the extremely disagreeable ending of our ..."
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