| 单词 | love-philtre |
| 例句 | "Yes, but as a love-philtre--not a poison," madame said in a whisper. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z He had corrupted the chastest women in England by means of the love-philtre which Dr. Lambe concocted for him. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The mysterious efficacy attributed to a love-philtre is more in accordance with vulgar credulity than with experience. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z As she broke the bushes into the soap-pot she might have been a rapt sorceress brewing a love-philtre, or a priestess sacrificing at the shrine of the God of Cleanliness. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z A young married student at a college in Madras attributed his illness to the administration by his wife of a love-philtre containing the brains of a baby which had been exhumed after burial. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z That the poison should be given to madame in the form of a love-philtre? The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The love-philtre in this report sounds apocryphal; and the story of the madness and suicide attributes too edifying an end to an atheist and Epicurean not to be suspected. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z "You will not, surely, mix a love-philtre for him?" asked the Prefect, smiling. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The despondent lover, after applying in vain to an Italian magician for a love-philtre, at length determines to adopt the bolder line of writing to his scornful lady. John Lyly My idea was rather that the beverage was a sort of love-philtre, such as I had read of in my book of fairy tales. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The name given to this was hippomanes, and it was supposed to act as a powerful love-philtre. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor This was her lure, her love-philtre; this it was that revolutionised the Oak Eggar world. Social Life in the Insect World The love-philtre is unfailing, and if it has not yet taken effect----" "So you have really---- What imprudence! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 As Isolda rushes in he staggers into her arms, and dies there to the phrases in which they had first spoken after drinking the love-philtre. Wagner Poneria supplies Eglantine with a poison under pretence of a love-philtre, with instructions to administer it to Rhodon disguised as his love Iris, which she succeeds in doing. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England A love-philtre, such as was used by the ancients with great effect. Jude the Obscure Teufelsbürst, without philosophizing about it, called his preparation simply a love-philtre, a concoction well known by name, but the composition of which was the secret of only a few. Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 Teufelsbürst, without philosophising about it, called his preparation simply a love-philtre, a concoction well known by name, but the composition of which was the secret of only a few. The Portent & Other Stories In Tristan it is not essential that the philtre is a true love-philtre, but here the case is different. Wagner Tristram and Iseult must drink a love-philtre or they are not Tristram and Iseult. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship Laughing again she said: "I poured your own love-philtre into it, that you sold me at the agricultural show, don't you re-member?" Jude the Obscure As far back as the time of Pliny, the water-lily was regarded as an antidote to the love-philtre, and the amaranth was used for curbing the affections. The Folk-lore of Plants "The Rose!" said Frank quietly, seeing that his new love-philtre was working well, and determined to strike while the iron was hot, and carry the matter too far to carry it back again. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Brangaena protests, and warns Isolda against Melot, who has arranged this night hunt as a trap to catch Tristan; and she bewails the officiousness which led her to substitute the love-philtre for the poison. Wagner Vervain has long been in repute as a love-philtre, and in Germany now-a-days endive-seed is sold for its supposed power to influence the affections. The Folk-lore of Plants |
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