英语词汇“elixir of life”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Traveling close to the speed of light is a kind of elixir of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was telling him stories about heroes, pretending they were all related to Frank: one was Xu Fu, who sailed in search of the elixir of life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Chinese legend the emperor had given Ho Yi the elixir of life as a reward. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 21-27 2012-09-20T21:20:45Z

Sammy was seeking the elixir of life, “the great panacea” pursued by centuries of alchemists. Seeking the Elixir of Life Through High School Science Class 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

The action hinges on her crisis over what to do when she runs low on the elixir of life that has kept her going. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

The researchers say taurine may be an "elixir of life" - but topping up levels in people has not been tested. Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

All the latter had to do was imbibe the “elixir of life.” The long and gruesome history of people trying to live forever 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z

Each is embellished with vibrant figures and verses, which set out the process for making the philosophers’ stone and the elixir of life. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

China’s first emperor ordered his subjects to search for the elixir of life in a quest for immortality. Is Silicon Valley's quest for immortality a fate worse than death? 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

The explorer lived in relative comfort during his imprisonment and used the courtyard outside the Bloody Tower to grow plants from the New World and experiment with ingredients for a strange “elixir of life.” Sir Walter Raleigh’s ‘self-portrait’ may have been discovered in the Tower of London 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Idso, who was a featured speaker at this year's Heartland conference in Washington, regularly calls CO2 the “elixir of life” and claims that the planet is headed toward explosive growth in plant life. Climate Skeptics Want More CO2 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Roger Bacon, a 13th-century friar who is often considered the first western scientist, tried to develop an elixir of life that would mimic the effects of the resurrection as described in Paul’s epistles. God in the machine: my strange journey into transhumanism 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

“CO2 is not a pollutant. It is the very elixir of life.” The Mercers, Trump mega-donors, back group that casts doubt on climate science 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

If you think we’re experiencing global unrest now, just wait and see what elderly retail moguls and aging Hollywood starlets do when they think the elixir of life is within reach. The Positive Prognosis for Modern Health Care 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

The lobby group hosted a summit last December featuring a speaker who called carbon dioxide emissions “the elixir of life”. ExxonMobil gave millions to climate-denying lawmakers despite pledge 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

In the eyes of these researchers, we’re no closer to finding an “elixir of life” than we were thousands of years ago. Will Anti-Aging Drugs Lead To A Brave New World? 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

For politicians and climate-denial groups, the elixir of life is money. Climate-change deniers are in retreat 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

The state of war is the regime's elixir of life. Russia, Ukraine and Europe have been into Vladimir Putin's black hole of fear 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Known in Chinese medicine as gotu kola, it’s listed among the “miracle elixirs of life” and mentioned in legends as the herb that helped a famous sage live past 200. Latest Anti-Aging Skin Breakthrough: An Ancient Herb 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

"Testosterone is not the elixir of life. It's a great treatment for men with true testosterone deficiency but it's not a life-extending drug for those who aren't properly deficient." How many middle-aged men need HRT? 2014-04-27T23:40:39Z

But it adds a lot of weight to the idea that children are an elixir of life. Parenthood and life expectancy: Pro creation 2012-12-13T16:07:43Z

At ALEC’s December meeting, a climate-change contrarian got applause for declaring in his presentation that “carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It is a benefit. It is the very elixir of life.” Climate-change deniers are in retreat 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

To mean "lame" To mean "bright" To mean "weird" peace tool decision The "elixir of life" is said to have been invented by scientists in Kazakhstan. Quiz of the week's news 2012-11-09T00:18:55Z

But perhaps we should look to exercise as the vital, conditioning elixir of life and youth it really is. Exercise: The Case for Counting What Really Counts 2012-08-30T16:27:00Z

Physical activity is an elixir of life, but we're not teaching people that. Personal Health: Changing Our Tune on Exercise 2012-08-27T19:37:25Z

Paracelsus, the prince of charlatans, styled himself “King of Physic,” but, though he professed to have discovered the elixir of life, he humbly died at the early age of forty-eight years. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z

And if you want the elixir of life, make the tea of soft spring water, which you will never find issuing out of any limestone or chalk rock, or where flints much abound. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z

It was Tufton who provided Dorothy with a new elixir of life that was worth all the scent in Bond Street, and a restorative that made the most pungent toilet vinegar insipid as water. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z

I never made use of the word 'elixir,' still less of the words 'elixir of life.' Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z

Another has found that “infused” blood is the real elixir of life. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z

The Chinese believe in astrology, the philosopher’s stone, and the elixir of life. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z

If the figure were permissible, we should say the Queen of Aquidneck had drunk of the elixir of life, so unexampled is the rapidity with which she transfigures herself. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z

Air navigation, the elixir of life, perpetual motion, are some of them. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

In chemistry the war was long and bitter; but we now no longer seek for the elixir of life, and no one is trying to find the philosopher's stone. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z

Gebir flourished in the early part of the eighth century, and wrote, it is said, upwards of five hundred treatises on the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z

You shall call it the elixir of life. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z

Standing on the strand, we are transformed, and seem to quaff of the elixir of life. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z

Nor did Miss Jennings herself, beyond arousing in him a dim realisation of the fact that the elixir of life is not exclusively composed of petrol, make any direct impression upon Philip's peace of mind. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z

In chemistry he sought for the elixir of life, for the philosopher's stone, and for some way of changing the baser metals into gold. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z

"No doubt; the elixir of life; cure all ills; see advertisements." A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z

I've been taught to read the secrets of the stars, of the waters, the air, and the winds; I foretell the future and brew the elixir of life. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z

If this woman had drank of the elixir of life, she should by her companionship share her cup with him. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z

He knew very well that it was not rest that he needed, but money—money, money, the elixir of life! The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z

The feeling of having an audience, which was like the elixir of life to Lottie, filled Mildred with dismay, and was apt to spoil her best efforts. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z

The insane research after the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life may be classed among the many other futile attempts of man to invade the immutable decree: "Thus far, and no farther." The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z

He looked as though he had received a draught of an elixir of life, so animated and strong did he appear. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z

It is certain that Paracelsus, like his predecessors, sought to possess the elixir of life. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

With Christ the very embodiment of life, who was dead, but now is alive forevermore; with heaven's mighty reservoir of the elixir of life at our command, there is no need of spiritual cemeteries. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z

The cloud which had overshadowed them during their ascent had long since vanished, and now the sky was blue and clear, and the air like an elixir of life. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z

A generation to whom gunpowder was a novelty, and spectacles an almost miraculous aid to sight, found nothing strange in the sight of learned men seeking for the elixir of life, or the philosopher’s stone. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z

One night he showed me that volume, and, pointing to a page within it, said: 'Those characters contain the secret of confecting the elixir of life. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z

We cannot understand Paracelsus and the science of his time without a little inquiry as to what was meant by the search for the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, and the universal medicine. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

The announcement ended up with the panegyric "extolled be the elixir of life bequeathed by Diancecht to his people; by which everything to which it is applied is made whole." Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z

For a few months I thought myself in Paradise—had found the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z

To seek the philosopher's stone—even could it have been found—was a madness: but to desire the elixir of life was a worse insanity. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z

Buoyant and bracing as an elixir of life is the cool air on these mountain-sides, when the hot breath of July is enervating the dwellers in the valley below. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z

I leave you a phial of the pure elixir of life. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z

It was felt that the philosopher's stone would be an elixir of life as well as a master of secrets for wealth. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z

The demand for these precious elixirs of life became so intense that they acquired a fictitious value as currency, and models of them were made to serve as amulets in their stead. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z

I had hoped to greet his wife here, and to find that the liter� humaniores were to her the elixir of life that they are to me—and to him.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z

Where do you get your elixir of life? Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z

So the elixir of life was consumed, and its blue vapour floated up to Heaven. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z

According to many who had tried them, the ultra-violet rays were quite equal in their power to heal and restore new vigor to old frames to the fabled elixir of life of the olden time. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z

The autumn sky was beautiful, and the light frosts had given a brown tinge to the prairie, and it seemed to them that every breath of air was a draught of the elixir of life. Tales and Trails of Wakarusa 2011-03-08T03:00:41.730Z

Drinking water was as precious as the elixir of life, and almost as unobtainable, but officer and man had the same ration to eke out through the thirsty day. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z

The first mouthful of the spirit acted on him like an elixir of life. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z

And he made a great fire to consume the elixir of life, for he said, “Of what profit shall it be to me to live for ever, being parted from the Lady Beaming Bright?” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z

They appeared to justify the dreams of the alchemists of old, not only regarding the transmutation of metals but also respecting the elixir of life. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z

They crave something young and fresh as an elixir of life. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z

The search for an elixir of life has taken people to some strange places. Extending lifespan: Thanks, Mum! 2010-09-30T10:54:00Z

It was like an elixir of life for him. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3

And the air is like some fabled elixir of life. The Man Who Rose Again

Yes, I once made the elixir of life. The Trembling of the Veil

And these words acted on her like an elixir of life. Shadows of Flames A Novel

After Hawthorne returned to America he began two other novels, one founded upon the old legend of the elixir of life. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895

Do you renounce initiation into the secrets of nature to possess creative force to taste the elixir of life, the secret of the transformation of metals, and, above all, the blessedness of Nirvana? The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar

Happiness is an elixir of life, even in the most desperate cases at times, so I've got something hopeful to work on. The Brightener

Profound philosophers have sometimes got very near to the discovery of the quadrature of the circle, perpetual motion, the transmutation of metals, the elixir of life, the crystallisation of carbon, the longitude. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)

After Hawthorne's return to America he began two other novels, one founded upon the old legend of the elixir of life. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860

"Have you discovered the elixir of life in California, and promised him the prescription." Ancestors A Novel

You must have been to some water-cure or have used some kind of elixir of life,' was his first greeting. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles

But the first good sunshine in June is to the southern people the elixir of life, the magic gold-mist that floats before the coming gods, the breath of the gods themselves breathed into mortals. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome

It isn't champagne, it's the very elixir of life. Through Our Unknown Southwest

If not the very elixir of life, it was indeed the next thing to it. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine

We couldn't treat ourselves as well as we had treated our animals, for we had only a bite of hardtack crumbs, which we washed down with some of the "elixir of life" from our canteens. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852

Philadelphus, who, toward the close of his life, was haunted with an intolerable dread of death, devoted himself with intense assiduity to the discovery of the elixir of life and to alchemy. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

These transcendental notions were entirely corrupted at a very early date by the introduction of belief in an elixir of life, and later still by the practice of alchemistic experiments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton"

Drink deep in open, full lungs; for you are drinking of an elixir of life which no apothecary can mix. Through Our Unknown Southwest

Instead, it informed all things with a glow like an elixir of life. Old Plymouth Trails

I cannot find the whole elixir of life in thoughts and solitude as he does. The Moving Finger

Man might as well start once more to discover the elixir of life and alchemy's secrets as hope to found an empire that shall not pass away. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe

To Rossetti the poems comprised in “Men and Women” were the “elixir of life.” The Brownings Their Life and Art

Yet they still believed in the "elixir of life," and tried to work miracle cures, which in many respects may have been successful. History of Human Society

All over the world beer is regarded as a refreshment, but in Munich it is the elixir of life, the fabled fountain of youth and happiness. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1

Mrs. Boyd began to worry, and sent secretly to Illinois for bottles of various elixirs of life, guaranteed to put health, strength, youth, and brains into anything. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country

Every breath was exhilarating, each inhalation seeming laden with some subtle elixir of life. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West

Since he found no one at home the Great Saint went as far as the inner chamber, where Laotzse was in the habit of brewing the elixir of life. The Chinese Fairy Book

Sadly they gave up the search for the elixir of life, and, descending the mountain, buried their master in the Province of Kii. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan

It seemed as if my lady’s society had done him a world of good, and acted as a kind of elixir of life. The First Violin A Novel

There are great creatures like gigantic men, called genii, who live in the moon, and make "the elixir of life," a draught of which confers very long life. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly

It was sweetened with dark, pungent syrup and was served black in a capacious bowl, as though one could not drink too deeply of the elixir of life. All About Coffee

The best thing would be for me to take him along and thrust him into my stove in order to melt the elixir of life out of him again. The Chinese Fairy Book

It would be a balm of Gilead—an elixir of life—a sojourn at the fountain of youth and happiness for me to get away from the chaperoning of Eulalie for a while,” Elvira admitted. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905

Obedience is the astringent wine That's quaffed by strenuous souls and fine, Of cloudy doubt the heavenly solvent, The Christ's elixir of life divine. Song-waves

Hence the 'philosopher's stone' came in my way, but not the 'elixir of life.' The Crack of Doom

Accordingly, it is possible to select statements from literature to the effect either that coffee is an "elixir of life," or even a poison. All About Coffee

“It teaches one to equalize the vital powers, to practise bodily exercise, to prepare the elixir of life and to hold one’s breath.” The Chinese Fairy Book

The elixir of life may also have been among the objects which the builders of the pyramids hoped to discover. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy

Then will the elixir of life spring from an almost inexhaustible fountain. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis

And then you will no longer question my chance of discovering the elixir of life. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck

Tokay was regarded at that time as a sort of elixir of life. The Goose Man

He grinds the grains of maturity or the herbs that make the elixir of life. The Chinese Fairy Book

The endless search for the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, and other equally desirable and unattainable objects, had once more begun to engage the energies of scientific men. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century

These must find soothing specific, ere he tastes elixir of life's destiny. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898

When this phase of culture was reached the goddess provided for the king an elixir of life consisting of beer stained red by means of red ochre, so as to simulate human blood. The Evolution of the Dragon

He has no wings; the painters have misconceived him; but his back is bowed down with the burden of a great goat-skin swollen to bursting with the elixir of life. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II

So saying he gave him a pill of the elixir of life to eat, and his blind eye gradually regained its sight. The Chinese Fairy Book

But Father Nicholas fell into the snare, and was soon absolutely convinced that only one ingredient was wanting to enable him to discover the elixir of life. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century

He sold his “elixir of life” for £1000 a bottle, was noted for his mud baths, and for his “celestial bed,” which assured a beautiful progeny. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3

The only elixir of life that was known to the pharmacopœia of the times was human blood: but to obtain this life-blood the Giver of Life was compelled to slaughter mankind. The Evolution of the Dragon

Undoubtedly that is the only real elixir of life, the only ineffable exaltation. White Ashes

Then the farmer realized that it was a fox, who was preparing the elixir of life. The Chinese Fairy Book

Then said his mother: The King thy father discovered, long ago, the elixir of life: and even now he has been living for fifteen hundred years. Bubbles of the Foam

St. Leon becomes possessed of the “elixir of life,” and of the “philosopher’s stone;” but this knowledge, instead of bringing him wealth and happiness, is the source of misery and endless misfortunes. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3

But it is clear that originally the myth was concerned solely with the regulation of irrigation systems and the search upon earth for an elixir of life. The Evolution of the Dragon

It dragged my heart out, and then poured it full, full of an unknown elixir of life and love, which was mine, yet out of reach forever. Everyman's Land

Note: The thought underlying the story is the belief that the fox prepares the elixir of life out of his own breath, which he allows to rise to the moon. The Chinese Fairy Book

It might have been an elixir of life, for it gave back the Abbey's youth, and more than its youthful beauty. The Heather-Moon

It is dying, inch by inch, in the midst of old superstitions which it invokes in vain, and yet it has the elixir of life in its hands. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)

In other words, he created the world out of the substance of the "giver of life" who was identified with the red earth, which was the elixir of life in the Egyptian story. The Evolution of the Dragon

In comparison to it the bath of Pelias, though endowed with the virtues which lying Medea attributed to it, had not seemed more desirable, nor the elixir of life, nor the herb of Anticyra. The Long Night

Before they had left the castle, however, they had set what was left of the elixir of life out in the courtyard. The Chinese Fairy Book

The Hare was busy pounding the drugs which make up the elixir of life; but he left his work, and opened the door, and invited Wang Chih to come in. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know

They are perfectly at home in bottling the elixir of life, and have been in possession of the philosopher's stone a long time. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology

In searching for the elixir of life, the makers of religion have discovered the philosopher's stone, and with its aid have transmuted the base materials of myth into the gold of religion. The Evolution of the Dragon

And such affection as he gave me, I lived upon, as if it had been the washings from a cup of the elixir of life. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley

Now I can begin brewing my elixir of life once more from the beginning and you will remain a mere mortal man!” The Chinese Fairy Book

Coach Arthurs sat up as if he had been given the elixir of life. The Young Pitcher

Being only a goat, he did not know that happiness is the greatest elixir of life yet discovered. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat

Yet these mighty forces were let loose upon the world as the result of the circumstance that early searchers for an elixir of life used the valueless metal to make imitations of their shell amulets! The Evolution of the Dragon

He declared that a merchant's wife of Bristol had stolen from him the elixir of life. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.

It was like the elixir of life to an invalid. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers

The elixir of life had been set suddenly before him. The Short Cut

It was a new, sweet, strange, elixir of life. Daisy in the Field

It is the search for the elixir of life. The Evolution of the Dragon

He would not oblige Madame de Pompadour by giving the King an elixir of life: 'I should be mad if I gave the King a drug.' Historical Mysteries

The professor's statement is merely a modern repetition of the ancient belief in the elixir of life. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches

It is the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, the fountain of flowers. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z

I waited to get calm again; for the joy which shot through all my veins was a kind of elixir of life; it produced too much exhilaration for me to dare to see anybody. Daisy in the Field

The elixir of life was the food of the gods that conferred eternal life upon them. The Evolution of the Dragon

The search for the elixir of life was too fascinating to be readily given up. China and the Chinese

He is only trying to discover the elixir of life. The Black Douglas

When he looked in Ida Slome's beautiful face he seemed to drink in an elixir of life. By the Light of the Soul A Novel

But Liz was dull and silent, content to walk and drive, and breathe that heavenly air which ought to have been the very elixir of life to her, but otherwise appearing lifeless and uninterested. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow

If you, dear friend, will receive this truth into a good and honest heart, and believing, abide in and live by it, you will find it the very elixir of life to your spirit. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)

It was an easy transition from alchemy and the elixir of life to magic and the black art in general. China and the Chinese

"It is delicious!" cried Kate; "it is the elixir of life!" The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot

The pure, sweet air was like the elixir of life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864

But the baby defiantly sucked his thumb, as if it held the elixir of life, and looked indestructible vitality from his great, bright eyes. Ishmael Or, In the Depths

Of a truth he knew, now, what it meant to love and be in love with every faculty of soul and body; knew it for a miracle of renewal, the elixir of life. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India

Whenever, after that, the choking came back, Andrew would cry out for digitalis, which seemed to him the elixir of life. Captivity

The angel of death had slain its creator, and the wonderful elixir of life was lost to the world for ever. Heiress of Haddon

From the hands of Lao Tzŭ he received supernaturally a mystic treatise, by following the instructions in which he was successful in his search for the elixir of life. Myths and Legends of China

Chinese authors assert that it was sent in search of the "elixir of life," but do they not distort everything in the history of the First Hwang-ti? The Awakening of China

The blood of twenty-three hundred of his fellow-creatures—coldly murdered by his orders, in a single city—proved for the sanguinary monarch the elixir of life: he drank and was refreshed. A Wanderer in Holland

This house is disorderly for the want of a head, but remember, there's an elixir of life in the water. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873

"It is the true elixir of life, for which the alchemysts labour in vain to find," exclaimed Manners. Heiress of Haddon

Among the masses it came to be thought of presently as personal immortality and the elixir of life. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19

In spite, however, of elixirs of life and fountains of youth, death put an end to his conquests when he had enjoyed the full glories of imperial power for only twelve years. The Awakening of China

Were not the elixirs of life and the love philtres which the witches sold to the senile and impotent composed of similar or analogous substances? Là-bas

And elixirs of life, surely you must know, are no longer sought after, by beings of the planet Earth. The Sorcery Club

The miseries of an existence, prolonged far beyond the allotted span, are depicted not only in stories of the elixir of life, but in the legends centring round the Wandering Jew. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance

He felt without comprehending that here was some precious essence, some elixir of life, secret as it was priceless; and for an instant a shadow, a doubt, a question crossed his happy egoism. Max

In later times Taoism degenerated into mere magic, and was largely concerned with the search for the elixir of life. The Problem of China

What monk's tale is this of a Spanish friar who wastes the elixir of life upon Lutheran dogs? Sir Mortimer

Thousands of pints were served out daily; indeed there was never a supply sufficient to feed the multitudes that swarmed round the cauldrons containing this delicious elixir of life. The Siege of Kimberley

He looked like a dying man reaching out impotent hands for some priceless elixir of life. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories

Such things have their sad failures; but I will offer to you a prescription, which, if you will carefully follow, will prove an unfailing elixir of life. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians

This class might be thought to have found an elixir of life, in their devotion to the Emperor or his memory. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850

It is freedom that is the elixir of life to us sons of Cambria. The Lord of Dynevor

Have you discovered the elixir of life or have you not? Back to Methuselah

Would that he could sip the elixir of life, that he might go on forever! Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1

Her blood leaped to it, and went racing fierily through her veins, as if there had been poured into it the elixir of life. The Purple Heights

Beyond a doubt I should have sat brooding over the elixir of life, cooking and mixing, heating and cooling, watching for the flash in the goblet. Paul Faber, Surgeon

And harp and voice were raised alike in one of those triumph songs that have ever been as the elixir of life to the strong, rude, sensitive sons of wild Cambria. The Lord of Dynevor

After all, we might as well hear about the elixir of life as read novels, or whatever Burge does when he is not playing golf on Walton Heath. Back to Methuselah

And the magic—the magic that beat in her veins—was the very elixir of life within her, inspiring her, uplifting her. The Top of the World

The object of The Alchemist is to ridicule the belief in the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

To dream of the elixir of life, denotes that there will come into your environments new pleasures and new possibilities. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition

They sold considerable quantities of the elixir of life, performed many cures, and recruited their finances. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3

Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Frankenstein

It entered the lungs in a pure, vivifying stream like an elixir of life, and sent the blood dancing through the veins. Boyhood in Norway

Truly, that air is the elixir of life. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

The fundamental principles of nearly every branch of modern science were the gradual metamorphoses of the investigations of the old searchers after the "philosopher's stone" and "elixir of life." Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

Agrippa, Paracelsus, Dr. Dee, and the Rosicrucians, all laid as much stress upon their knowledge of the days to come, as upon their pretended possession of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3

Enough of the man, for he is dead now, poor devil, dead at the very time that he had made sure that he had at last discovered the elixir of life. Tales of Terror and Mystery

Still others represented them in search of the elixir of life, while in others they were riding on a snail. The Chinese Boy and Girl

To a person sitting quietly at home, Rocky Mountain traveling, like Rocky Mountain scenery, must seem very monotonous; but not so to me, to whom the pure, dry mountain air is the elixir of life. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

Dr. Salmon has not discovered the elixir of life, for the shadows of life's evening are stealing slowly over him. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

He pretended to find the elixir of life; and Louis expected, by his means, to have enjoyed the crown for a century. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3

I drank, and felt as if I knew what the elixir of life must be; then threw myself on a mossy mound that lay like a couch along the inner end. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women

Surely when a schoolboy at Eton he must somewhere have discovered the elixir of life, or have been bathed by some beneficent fairy in the well of perpetual youth. The Grand Old Man

Then in an instant the sandwiches had become delicious, and the wine was rushing through his veins like a new elixir of life. The Avenger

Her father, like all the ruling class, regarded Taoism—which had, indeed, degenerated into a mass of nonsense about the transmutation of base metals into gold and the elixir of life—with contempt. Java Head

He let it be believed, that the spirit in his sword had custody of the elixir of life, by means of which he could make any one live to be as old as the antediluvians. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3

Our love was a talisman, yea, an elixir of life, which made us equal to the twice-born,—the disembodied dead. The Portent & Other Stories

Will it not be the elixir of life, and drive out death? There & Back

No word fell from their lips, but nevertheless he knew that the six maidens were offering him, in those six silver goblets, an elixir of life, of health, of pleasure. The Saint

"Has he also found the elixir of life?" Historical Miniatures

The philosopher's stone and the elixir of life haunted his daily thoughts and his nightly dreams. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3

He has no wings; the painters have misconceived him; but his back is bowed down with the burden of a great goat-skin swollen to bursting with the elixir of life. Behind the Bungalow

Once known for what it is, the poorest present is a phial holding the elixir of life. There & Back

In the conclusion, the elixir of life proves to be an elixir of death; extremes meet and are reconciled. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Ah," he said to himself, "you have your eye on the King with your elixir of life." Historical Miniatures

In the course of a few years, he became desperately addicted to the study of alchymy, and thought of nothing but the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and the universal alkahest. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3

He boasts also of the elixir of life, by means of which he could prolong the life of man to the age of the antediluvians. Lives of the Necromancers

You complained of the dullness last summer; but you would find Fellside much duller now that you have tasted the elixir of life. Phantom Fortune, a Novel

He read the Bible and from this living fountain of consolation drank deep draughts of that which, to his starving soul, was the elixir of life. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story

Meanwhile the two little sympathizing companions toiled up the steep hill, drinking in with every inhalation of the balmy air copious draughts of the new-found elixir of life. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870

He did make fortunes, I believe; but there seems to have been in his blood a little too much of the elixir of life—more than he could thoroughly digest. Hawthorne and His Circle

They too often exhausted both health and fortune in fruitless researches after the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1

As though secrets and mysteries were not the elixir of life to the boarding-school.' The Pillars of the House, V1

Jobs in the Hut were the elixir of life, and a day's cooking was no exception to the rule. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

The book, as we turned over its pages, gave directions for preparing everything from food to love-philtres and the elixir of life. The Poisoned Pen

—Very well dressed— Indomitable figure, aggressively American—Too much of the elixir of life—A little strangeness between us—Sunshine will always rest on it. Hawthorne and His Circle

A strange medley of persons visited this house, each seeking in her own peculiar way the elixir of life, which is beauty, or the potion of love, which is beauty's handmaiden. Half a Rogue

She watched the cellarer, in his leather apron, the well-dressed, chattering men and women who came and went; she drank in the warm, perfumed air as if it were the elixir of life. The Story of Julia Page

I don't delude myself that I shall find an elixir of life in Dresden. Women in Love

Somehow it will seem the elixir of life now, redolent, even milkless, of the days when we were young.' Nuttie's Father

The search for the philosopher's stone has done as much for chemistry as the legend of the elixir of life for exploration and geographical discovery. The Psychology of Beauty

Antonio Exili, an Italian, like many other alchemists of that period, had spent years in search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. The Golden Dog

He kissed her tearful, upturned face again and again, as if he found there the very elixir of life. A Face Illumined

He would not oblige Madame de Pompadour by giving the King an elixir of life: "I should be mad if I gave the King a drug." The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life

If I could put that something else into distinct words I should therein attain the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, the primum mobile, the grand arcanum, not merely of criticism but of all things. The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix

The book, as we turned, over its pages, gave directions for preparing everything from food to love-philtres and the elixir of life. The Poisoned Pen

Margrave declares that he needs an accomplice to secure an "elixir of life" which his own failing strength demands. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English

He could change iron and lead into silver and gold; he discovered the elixir of life, and might have been living even to this day had he thought it worth while to do so. Twilight Land

In this we detect a taint of the popular belief in the philosopher's stone and the magic elixir of life, his belief in which have been stoutly denied by some of his followers. A History of Science — Volume 2

Miss Redwood sipped her elixir of life, and occasionally looked at me with an appearance of interest which I was at a loss to understand. I Say No

The doctor produced another spoonful of the elixir of life, and gravely repeated his first address to me. The Two Destinies

It was like the veritable elixir of life: never in his life before had Freeman quaffed so deep a draught of the fiery spirit. The Golden Fleece, a romance

The spirit of that wonderful country runs like the elixir of life itself through his veins. The Illustrious Prince

If at any time his statements were doubted, he was in the habit of referring to his valet for confirmation, this valet being also under the influence of the elixir of life. A History of Science — Volume 2

"He must have got hold of some elixir of life," said one. Ursula

He was one of the first of a long line of alchemists who, for several succeeding centuries, expended so much time and energy in attempting to find the "elixir of life." A History of Science — Volume 2

单词	elixir of life
例句	elixir of life Traveling close to the speed of light is a kind of elixir of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was telling him stories about heroes, pretending they were all related to Frank: one was Xu Fu, who sailed in search of the elixir of life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z In Chinese legend the emperor had given Ho Yi the elixir of life as a reward. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 21-27 2012-09-20T21:20:45Z Sammy was seeking the elixir of life, “the great panacea” pursued by centuries of alchemists. Seeking the Elixir of Life Through High School Science Class 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The action hinges on her crisis over what to do when she runs low on the elixir of life that has kept her going. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The researchers say taurine may be an "elixir of life" - but topping up levels in people has not been tested. Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z All the latter had to do was imbibe the “elixir of life.” The long and gruesome history of people trying to live forever 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Each is embellished with vibrant figures and verses, which set out the process for making the philosophers’ stone and the elixir of life. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z China’s first emperor ordered his subjects to search for the elixir of life in a quest for immortality. Is Silicon Valley's quest for immortality a fate worse than death? 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The explorer lived in relative comfort during his imprisonment and used the courtyard outside the Bloody Tower to grow plants from the New World and experiment with ingredients for a strange “elixir of life.” Sir Walter Raleigh’s ‘self-portrait’ may have been discovered in the Tower of London 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Idso, who was a featured speaker at this year's Heartland conference in Washington, regularly calls CO2 the “elixir of life” and claims that the planet is headed toward explosive growth in plant life. Climate Skeptics Want More CO2 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Roger Bacon, a 13th-century friar who is often considered the first western scientist, tried to develop an elixir of life that would mimic the effects of the resurrection as described in Paul’s epistles. God in the machine: my strange journey into transhumanism 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z “CO2 is not a pollutant. It is the very elixir of life.” The Mercers, Trump mega-donors, back group that casts doubt on climate science 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z If you think we’re experiencing global unrest now, just wait and see what elderly retail moguls and aging Hollywood starlets do when they think the elixir of life is within reach. The Positive Prognosis for Modern Health Care 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The lobby group hosted a summit last December featuring a speaker who called carbon dioxide emissions “the elixir of life”. ExxonMobil gave millions to climate-denying lawmakers despite pledge 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z In the eyes of these researchers, we’re no closer to finding an “elixir of life” than we were thousands of years ago. Will Anti-Aging Drugs Lead To A Brave New World? 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z For politicians and climate-denial groups, the elixir of life is money. Climate-change deniers are in retreat 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The state of war is the regime's elixir of life. Russia, Ukraine and Europe have been into Vladimir Putin's black hole of fear 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Known in Chinese medicine as gotu kola, it’s listed among the “miracle elixirs of life” and mentioned in legends as the herb that helped a famous sage live past 200. Latest Anti-Aging Skin Breakthrough: An Ancient Herb 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z "Testosterone is not the elixir of life. It's a great treatment for men with true testosterone deficiency but it's not a life-extending drug for those who aren't properly deficient." How many middle-aged men need HRT? 2014-04-27T23:40:39Z But it adds a lot of weight to the idea that children are an elixir of life. Parenthood and life expectancy: Pro creation 2012-12-13T16:07:43Z At ALEC’s December meeting, a climate-change contrarian got applause for declaring in his presentation that “carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It is a benefit. It is the very elixir of life.” Climate-change deniers are in retreat 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z To mean "lame" To mean "bright" To mean "weird" peace tool decision The "elixir of life" is said to have been invented by scientists in Kazakhstan. Quiz of the week's news 2012-11-09T00:18:55Z But perhaps we should look to exercise as the vital, conditioning elixir of life and youth it really is. Exercise: The Case for Counting What Really Counts 2012-08-30T16:27:00Z Physical activity is an elixir of life, but we're not teaching people that. Personal Health: Changing Our Tune on Exercise 2012-08-27T19:37:25Z Paracelsus, the prince of charlatans, styled himself “King of Physic,” but, though he professed to have discovered the elixir of life, he humbly died at the early age of forty-eight years. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z And if you want the elixir of life, make the tea of soft spring water, which you will never find issuing out of any limestone or chalk rock, or where flints much abound. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z It was Tufton who provided Dorothy with a new elixir of life that was worth all the scent in Bond Street, and a restorative that made the most pungent toilet vinegar insipid as water. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z I never made use of the word 'elixir,' still less of the words 'elixir of life.' Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z Another has found that “infused” blood is the real elixir of life. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z The Chinese believe in astrology, the philosopher’s stone, and the elixir of life. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z If the figure were permissible, we should say the Queen of Aquidneck had drunk of the elixir of life, so unexampled is the rapidity with which she transfigures herself. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Air navigation, the elixir of life, perpetual motion, are some of them. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z In chemistry the war was long and bitter; but we now no longer seek for the elixir of life, and no one is trying to find the philosopher's stone. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Gebir flourished in the early part of the eighth century, and wrote, it is said, upwards of five hundred treatises on the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z You shall call it the elixir of life. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Standing on the strand, we are transformed, and seem to quaff of the elixir of life. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Nor did Miss Jennings herself, beyond arousing in him a dim realisation of the fact that the elixir of life is not exclusively composed of petrol, make any direct impression upon Philip's peace of mind. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z In chemistry he sought for the elixir of life, for the philosopher's stone, and for some way of changing the baser metals into gold. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z "No doubt; the elixir of life; cure all ills; see advertisements." A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z I've been taught to read the secrets of the stars, of the waters, the air, and the winds; I foretell the future and brew the elixir of life. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z If this woman had drank of the elixir of life, she should by her companionship share her cup with him. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z He knew very well that it was not rest that he needed, but money—money, money, the elixir of life! The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z The feeling of having an audience, which was like the elixir of life to Lottie, filled Mildred with dismay, and was apt to spoil her best efforts. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z The insane research after the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life may be classed among the many other futile attempts of man to invade the immutable decree: "Thus far, and no farther." The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z He looked as though he had received a draught of an elixir of life, so animated and strong did he appear. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z It is certain that Paracelsus, like his predecessors, sought to possess the elixir of life. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z With Christ the very embodiment of life, who was dead, but now is alive forevermore; with heaven's mighty reservoir of the elixir of life at our command, there is no need of spiritual cemeteries. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z The cloud which had overshadowed them during their ascent had long since vanished, and now the sky was blue and clear, and the air like an elixir of life. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z A generation to whom gunpowder was a novelty, and spectacles an almost miraculous aid to sight, found nothing strange in the sight of learned men seeking for the elixir of life, or the philosopher’s stone. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z One night he showed me that volume, and, pointing to a page within it, said: 'Those characters contain the secret of confecting the elixir of life. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z We cannot understand Paracelsus and the science of his time without a little inquiry as to what was meant by the search for the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, and the universal medicine. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The announcement ended up with the panegyric "extolled be the elixir of life bequeathed by Diancecht to his people; by which everything to which it is applied is made whole." Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z For a few months I thought myself in Paradise—had found the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z To seek the philosopher's stone—even could it have been found—was a madness: but to desire the elixir of life was a worse insanity. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Buoyant and bracing as an elixir of life is the cool air on these mountain-sides, when the hot breath of July is enervating the dwellers in the valley below. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z I leave you a phial of the pure elixir of life. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z It was felt that the philosopher's stone would be an elixir of life as well as a master of secrets for wealth. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The demand for these precious elixirs of life became so intense that they acquired a fictitious value as currency, and models of them were made to serve as amulets in their stead. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z I had hoped to greet his wife here, and to find that the liter� humaniores were to her the elixir of life that they are to me—and to him.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Where do you get your elixir of life? Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z So the elixir of life was consumed, and its blue vapour floated up to Heaven. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z According to many who had tried them, the ultra-violet rays were quite equal in their power to heal and restore new vigor to old frames to the fabled elixir of life of the olden time. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The autumn sky was beautiful, and the light frosts had given a brown tinge to the prairie, and it seemed to them that every breath of air was a draught of the elixir of life. Tales and Trails of Wakarusa 2011-03-08T03:00:41.730Z Drinking water was as precious as the elixir of life, and almost as unobtainable, but officer and man had the same ration to eke out through the thirsty day. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z The first mouthful of the spirit acted on him like an elixir of life. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z And he made a great fire to consume the elixir of life, for he said, “Of what profit shall it be to me to live for ever, being parted from the Lady Beaming Bright?” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z They appeared to justify the dreams of the alchemists of old, not only regarding the transmutation of metals but also respecting the elixir of life. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z They crave something young and fresh as an elixir of life. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The search for an elixir of life has taken people to some strange places. Extending lifespan: Thanks, Mum! 2010-09-30T10:54:00Z It was like an elixir of life for him. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 And the air is like some fabled elixir of life. The Man Who Rose Again Yes, I once made the elixir of life. The Trembling of the Veil And these words acted on her like an elixir of life. Shadows of Flames A Novel After Hawthorne returned to America he began two other novels, one founded upon the old legend of the elixir of life. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 Do you renounce initiation into the secrets of nature to possess creative force to taste the elixir of life, the secret of the transformation of metals, and, above all, the blessedness of Nirvana? The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Happiness is an elixir of life, even in the most desperate cases at times, so I've got something hopeful to work on. The Brightener Profound philosophers have sometimes got very near to the discovery of the quadrature of the circle, perpetual motion, the transmutation of metals, the elixir of life, the crystallisation of carbon, the longitude. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) After Hawthorne's return to America he began two other novels, one founded upon the old legend of the elixir of life. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 "Have you discovered the elixir of life in California, and promised him the prescription." Ancestors A Novel You must have been to some water-cure or have used some kind of elixir of life,' was his first greeting. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles But the first good sunshine in June is to the southern people the elixir of life, the magic gold-mist that floats before the coming gods, the breath of the gods themselves breathed into mortals. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome It isn't champagne, it's the very elixir of life. Through Our Unknown Southwest If not the very elixir of life, it was indeed the next thing to it. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine We couldn't treat ourselves as well as we had treated our animals, for we had only a bite of hardtack crumbs, which we washed down with some of the "elixir of life" from our canteens. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 Philadelphus, who, toward the close of his life, was haunted with an intolerable dread of death, devoted himself with intense assiduity to the discovery of the elixir of life and to alchemy. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition These transcendental notions were entirely corrupted at a very early date by the introduction of belief in an elixir of life, and later still by the practice of alchemistic experiments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Drink deep in open, full lungs; for you are drinking of an elixir of life which no apothecary can mix. Through Our Unknown Southwest Instead, it informed all things with a glow like an elixir of life. Old Plymouth Trails I cannot find the whole elixir of life in thoughts and solitude as he does. The Moving Finger Man might as well start once more to discover the elixir of life and alchemy's secrets as hope to found an empire that shall not pass away. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe To Rossetti the poems comprised in “Men and Women” were the “elixir of life.” The Brownings Their Life and Art Yet they still believed in the "elixir of life," and tried to work miracle cures, which in many respects may have been successful. History of Human Society All over the world beer is regarded as a refreshment, but in Munich it is the elixir of life, the fabled fountain of youth and happiness. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Mrs. Boyd began to worry, and sent secretly to Illinois for bottles of various elixirs of life, guaranteed to put health, strength, youth, and brains into anything. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Every breath was exhilarating, each inhalation seeming laden with some subtle elixir of life. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Since he found no one at home the Great Saint went as far as the inner chamber, where Laotzse was in the habit of brewing the elixir of life. The Chinese Fairy Book Sadly they gave up the search for the elixir of life, and, descending the mountain, buried their master in the Province of Kii. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan It seemed as if my lady’s society had done him a world of good, and acted as a kind of elixir of life. The First Violin A Novel There are great creatures like gigantic men, called genii, who live in the moon, and make "the elixir of life," a draught of which confers very long life. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly It was sweetened with dark, pungent syrup and was served black in a capacious bowl, as though one could not drink too deeply of the elixir of life. All About Coffee The best thing would be for me to take him along and thrust him into my stove in order to melt the elixir of life out of him again. The Chinese Fairy Book It would be a balm of Gilead—an elixir of life—a sojourn at the fountain of youth and happiness for me to get away from the chaperoning of Eulalie for a while,” Elvira admitted. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Obedience is the astringent wine That's quaffed by strenuous souls and fine, Of cloudy doubt the heavenly solvent, The Christ's elixir of life divine. Song-waves Hence the 'philosopher's stone' came in my way, but not the 'elixir of life.' The Crack of Doom Accordingly, it is possible to select statements from literature to the effect either that coffee is an "elixir of life," or even a poison. All About Coffee “It teaches one to equalize the vital powers, to practise bodily exercise, to prepare the elixir of life and to hold one’s breath.” The Chinese Fairy Book The elixir of life may also have been among the objects which the builders of the pyramids hoped to discover. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Then will the elixir of life spring from an almost inexhaustible fountain. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis And then you will no longer question my chance of discovering the elixir of life. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Tokay was regarded at that time as a sort of elixir of life. The Goose Man He grinds the grains of maturity or the herbs that make the elixir of life. The Chinese Fairy Book The endless search for the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, and other equally desirable and unattainable objects, had once more begun to engage the energies of scientific men. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century These must find soothing specific, ere he tastes elixir of life's destiny. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 When this phase of culture was reached the goddess provided for the king an elixir of life consisting of beer stained red by means of red ochre, so as to simulate human blood. The Evolution of the Dragon He has no wings; the painters have misconceived him; but his back is bowed down with the burden of a great goat-skin swollen to bursting with the elixir of life. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II So saying he gave him a pill of the elixir of life to eat, and his blind eye gradually regained its sight. The Chinese Fairy Book But Father Nicholas fell into the snare, and was soon absolutely convinced that only one ingredient was wanting to enable him to discover the elixir of life. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century He sold his “elixir of life” for £1000 a bottle, was noted for his mud baths, and for his “celestial bed,” which assured a beautiful progeny. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The only elixir of life that was known to the pharmacopœia of the times was human blood: but to obtain this life-blood the Giver of Life was compelled to slaughter mankind. The Evolution of the Dragon Undoubtedly that is the only real elixir of life, the only ineffable exaltation. White Ashes Then the farmer realized that it was a fox, who was preparing the elixir of life. The Chinese Fairy Book Then said his mother: The King thy father discovered, long ago, the elixir of life: and even now he has been living for fifteen hundred years. Bubbles of the Foam St. Leon becomes possessed of the “elixir of life,” and of the “philosopher’s stone;” but this knowledge, instead of bringing him wealth and happiness, is the source of misery and endless misfortunes. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 But it is clear that originally the myth was concerned solely with the regulation of irrigation systems and the search upon earth for an elixir of life. The Evolution of the Dragon It dragged my heart out, and then poured it full, full of an unknown elixir of life and love, which was mine, yet out of reach forever. Everyman's Land Note: The thought underlying the story is the belief that the fox prepares the elixir of life out of his own breath, which he allows to rise to the moon. The Chinese Fairy Book It might have been an elixir of life, for it gave back the Abbey's youth, and more than its youthful beauty. The Heather-Moon It is dying, inch by inch, in the midst of old superstitions which it invokes in vain, and yet it has the elixir of life in its hands. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) In other words, he created the world out of the substance of the "giver of life" who was identified with the red earth, which was the elixir of life in the Egyptian story. The Evolution of the Dragon In comparison to it the bath of Pelias, though endowed with the virtues which lying Medea attributed to it, had not seemed more desirable, nor the elixir of life, nor the herb of Anticyra. The Long Night Before they had left the castle, however, they had set what was left of the elixir of life out in the courtyard. The Chinese Fairy Book The Hare was busy pounding the drugs which make up the elixir of life; but he left his work, and opened the door, and invited Wang Chih to come in. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know They are perfectly at home in bottling the elixir of life, and have been in possession of the philosopher's stone a long time. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology In searching for the elixir of life, the makers of religion have discovered the philosopher's stone, and with its aid have transmuted the base materials of myth into the gold of religion. The Evolution of the Dragon And such affection as he gave me, I lived upon, as if it had been the washings from a cup of the elixir of life. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Now I can begin brewing my elixir of life once more from the beginning and you will remain a mere mortal man!” The Chinese Fairy Book Coach Arthurs sat up as if he had been given the elixir of life. The Young Pitcher Being only a goat, he did not know that happiness is the greatest elixir of life yet discovered. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat Yet these mighty forces were let loose upon the world as the result of the circumstance that early searchers for an elixir of life used the valueless metal to make imitations of their shell amulets! The Evolution of the Dragon He declared that a merchant's wife of Bristol had stolen from him the elixir of life. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. It was like the elixir of life to an invalid. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers The elixir of life had been set suddenly before him. The Short Cut It was a new, sweet, strange, elixir of life. Daisy in the Field It is the search for the elixir of life. The Evolution of the Dragon He would not oblige Madame de Pompadour by giving the King an elixir of life: 'I should be mad if I gave the King a drug.' Historical Mysteries The professor's statement is merely a modern repetition of the ancient belief in the elixir of life. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches It is the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, the fountain of flowers. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z I waited to get calm again; for the joy which shot through all my veins was a kind of elixir of life; it produced too much exhilaration for me to dare to see anybody. Daisy in the Field The elixir of life was the food of the gods that conferred eternal life upon them. The Evolution of the Dragon The search for the elixir of life was too fascinating to be readily given up. China and the Chinese He is only trying to discover the elixir of life. The Black Douglas When he looked in Ida Slome's beautiful face he seemed to drink in an elixir of life. By the Light of the Soul A Novel But Liz was dull and silent, content to walk and drive, and breathe that heavenly air which ought to have been the very elixir of life to her, but otherwise appearing lifeless and uninterested. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow If you, dear friend, will receive this truth into a good and honest heart, and believing, abide in and live by it, you will find it the very elixir of life to your spirit. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) It was an easy transition from alchemy and the elixir of life to magic and the black art in general. China and the Chinese "It is delicious!" cried Kate; "it is the elixir of life!" The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot The pure, sweet air was like the elixir of life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 But the baby defiantly sucked his thumb, as if it held the elixir of life, and looked indestructible vitality from his great, bright eyes. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Of a truth he knew, now, what it meant to love and be in love with every faculty of soul and body; knew it for a miracle of renewal, the elixir of life. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Whenever, after that, the choking came back, Andrew would cry out for digitalis, which seemed to him the elixir of life. Captivity The angel of death had slain its creator, and the wonderful elixir of life was lost to the world for ever. Heiress of Haddon From the hands of Lao Tzŭ he received supernaturally a mystic treatise, by following the instructions in which he was successful in his search for the elixir of life. Myths and Legends of China Chinese authors assert that it was sent in search of the "elixir of life," but do they not distort everything in the history of the First Hwang-ti? The Awakening of China The blood of twenty-three hundred of his fellow-creatures—coldly murdered by his orders, in a single city—proved for the sanguinary monarch the elixir of life: he drank and was refreshed. A Wanderer in Holland This house is disorderly for the want of a head, but remember, there's an elixir of life in the water. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 "It is the true elixir of life, for which the alchemysts labour in vain to find," exclaimed Manners. Heiress of Haddon Among the masses it came to be thought of presently as personal immortality and the elixir of life. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 In spite, however, of elixirs of life and fountains of youth, death put an end to his conquests when he had enjoyed the full glories of imperial power for only twelve years. The Awakening of China Were not the elixirs of life and the love philtres which the witches sold to the senile and impotent composed of similar or analogous substances? Là-bas And elixirs of life, surely you must know, are no longer sought after, by beings of the planet Earth. The Sorcery Club The miseries of an existence, prolonged far beyond the allotted span, are depicted not only in stories of the elixir of life, but in the legends centring round the Wandering Jew. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance He felt without comprehending that here was some precious essence, some elixir of life, secret as it was priceless; and for an instant a shadow, a doubt, a question crossed his happy egoism. Max In later times Taoism degenerated into mere magic, and was largely concerned with the search for the elixir of life. The Problem of China What monk's tale is this of a Spanish friar who wastes the elixir of life upon Lutheran dogs? Sir Mortimer Thousands of pints were served out daily; indeed there was never a supply sufficient to feed the multitudes that swarmed round the cauldrons containing this delicious elixir of life. The Siege of Kimberley He looked like a dying man reaching out impotent hands for some priceless elixir of life. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories Such things have their sad failures; but I will offer to you a prescription, which, if you will carefully follow, will prove an unfailing elixir of life. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians This class might be thought to have found an elixir of life, in their devotion to the Emperor or his memory. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 It is freedom that is the elixir of life to us sons of Cambria. The Lord of Dynevor Have you discovered the elixir of life or have you not? Back to Methuselah Would that he could sip the elixir of life, that he might go on forever! Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Her blood leaped to it, and went racing fierily through her veins, as if there had been poured into it the elixir of life. The Purple Heights Beyond a doubt I should have sat brooding over the elixir of life, cooking and mixing, heating and cooling, watching for the flash in the goblet. Paul Faber, Surgeon And harp and voice were raised alike in one of those triumph songs that have ever been as the elixir of life to the strong, rude, sensitive sons of wild Cambria. The Lord of Dynevor After all, we might as well hear about the elixir of life as read novels, or whatever Burge does when he is not playing golf on Walton Heath. Back to Methuselah And the magic—the magic that beat in her veins—was the very elixir of life within her, inspiring her, uplifting her. The Top of the World The object of The Alchemist is to ridicule the belief in the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook To dream of the elixir of life, denotes that there will come into your environments new pleasures and new possibilities. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition They sold considerable quantities of the elixir of life, performed many cures, and recruited their finances. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Frankenstein It entered the lungs in a pure, vivifying stream like an elixir of life, and sent the blood dancing through the veins. Boyhood in Norway Truly, that air is the elixir of life. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains The fundamental principles of nearly every branch of modern science were the gradual metamorphoses of the investigations of the old searchers after the "philosopher's stone" and "elixir of life." Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Agrippa, Paracelsus, Dr. Dee, and the Rosicrucians, all laid as much stress upon their knowledge of the days to come, as upon their pretended possession of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Enough of the man, for he is dead now, poor devil, dead at the very time that he had made sure that he had at last discovered the elixir of life. Tales of Terror and Mystery Still others represented them in search of the elixir of life, while in others they were riding on a snail. The Chinese Boy and Girl To a person sitting quietly at home, Rocky Mountain traveling, like Rocky Mountain scenery, must seem very monotonous; but not so to me, to whom the pure, dry mountain air is the elixir of life. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Dr. Salmon has not discovered the elixir of life, for the shadows of life's evening are stealing slowly over him. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine He pretended to find the elixir of life; and Louis expected, by his means, to have enjoyed the crown for a century. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 I drank, and felt as if I knew what the elixir of life must be; then threw myself on a mossy mound that lay like a couch along the inner end. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women Surely when a schoolboy at Eton he must somewhere have discovered the elixir of life, or have been bathed by some beneficent fairy in the well of perpetual youth. The Grand Old Man Then in an instant the sandwiches had become delicious, and the wine was rushing through his veins like a new elixir of life. The Avenger Her father, like all the ruling class, regarded Taoism—which had, indeed, degenerated into a mass of nonsense about the transmutation of base metals into gold and the elixir of life—with contempt. Java Head He let it be believed, that the spirit in his sword had custody of the elixir of life, by means of which he could make any one live to be as old as the antediluvians. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Our love was a talisman, yea, an elixir of life, which made us equal to the twice-born,—the disembodied dead. The Portent & Other Stories Will it not be the elixir of life, and drive out death? There & Back No word fell from their lips, but nevertheless he knew that the six maidens were offering him, in those six silver goblets, an elixir of life, of health, of pleasure. The Saint "Has he also found the elixir of life?" Historical Miniatures The philosopher's stone and the elixir of life haunted his daily thoughts and his nightly dreams. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 He has no wings; the painters have misconceived him; but his back is bowed down with the burden of a great goat-skin swollen to bursting with the elixir of life. Behind the Bungalow Once known for what it is, the poorest present is a phial holding the elixir of life. There & Back In the conclusion, the elixir of life proves to be an elixir of death; extremes meet and are reconciled. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne "Ah," he said to himself, "you have your eye on the King with your elixir of life." Historical Miniatures In the course of a few years, he became desperately addicted to the study of alchymy, and thought of nothing but the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and the universal alkahest. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 He boasts also of the elixir of life, by means of which he could prolong the life of man to the age of the antediluvians. Lives of the Necromancers You complained of the dullness last summer; but you would find Fellside much duller now that you have tasted the elixir of life. Phantom Fortune, a Novel He read the Bible and from this living fountain of consolation drank deep draughts of that which, to his starving soul, was the elixir of life. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story Meanwhile the two little sympathizing companions toiled up the steep hill, drinking in with every inhalation of the balmy air copious draughts of the new-found elixir of life. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870 He did make fortunes, I believe; but there seems to have been in his blood a little too much of the elixir of life—more than he could thoroughly digest. Hawthorne and His Circle They too often exhausted both health and fortune in fruitless researches after the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 As though secrets and mysteries were not the elixir of life to the boarding-school.' The Pillars of the House, V1 Jobs in the Hut were the elixir of life, and a day's cooking was no exception to the rule. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The book, as we turned over its pages, gave directions for preparing everything from food to love-philtres and the elixir of life. The Poisoned Pen —Very well dressed— Indomitable figure, aggressively American—Too much of the elixir of life—A little strangeness between us—Sunshine will always rest on it. Hawthorne and His Circle A strange medley of persons visited this house, each seeking in her own peculiar way the elixir of life, which is beauty, or the potion of love, which is beauty's handmaiden. Half a Rogue She watched the cellarer, in his leather apron, the well-dressed, chattering men and women who came and went; she drank in the warm, perfumed air as if it were the elixir of life. The Story of Julia Page I don't delude myself that I shall find an elixir of life in Dresden. Women in Love Somehow it will seem the elixir of life now, redolent, even milkless, of the days when we were young.' Nuttie's Father The search for the philosopher's stone has done as much for chemistry as the legend of the elixir of life for exploration and geographical discovery. The Psychology of Beauty Antonio Exili, an Italian, like many other alchemists of that period, had spent years in search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. The Golden Dog He kissed her tearful, upturned face again and again, as if he found there the very elixir of life. A Face Illumined He would not oblige Madame de Pompadour by giving the King an elixir of life: "I should be mad if I gave the King a drug." The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life If I could put that something else into distinct words I should therein attain the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, the primum mobile, the grand arcanum, not merely of criticism but of all things. The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix The book, as we turned, over its pages, gave directions for preparing everything from food to love-philtres and the elixir of life. The Poisoned Pen Margrave declares that he needs an accomplice to secure an "elixir of life" which his own failing strength demands. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English He could change iron and lead into silver and gold; he discovered the elixir of life, and might have been living even to this day had he thought it worth while to do so. Twilight Land In this we detect a taint of the popular belief in the philosopher's stone and the magic elixir of life, his belief in which have been stoutly denied by some of his followers. A History of Science — Volume 2 Miss Redwood sipped her elixir of life, and occasionally looked at me with an appearance of interest which I was at a loss to understand. I Say No The doctor produced another spoonful of the elixir of life, and gravely repeated his first address to me. The Two Destinies It was like the veritable elixir of life: never in his life before had Freeman quaffed so deep a draught of the fiery spirit. The Golden Fleece, a romance The spirit of that wonderful country runs like the elixir of life itself through his veins. The Illustrious Prince If at any time his statements were doubted, he was in the habit of referring to his valet for confirmation, this valet being also under the influence of the elixir of life. A History of Science — Volume 2 "He must have got hold of some elixir of life," said one. Ursula He was one of the first of a long line of alchemists who, for several succeeding centuries, expended so much time and energy in attempting to find the "elixir of life." A History of Science — Volume 2
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