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Definition of the day : « alchemy »
- noun medieval science
- He waged war against astrology, alchemy, witchcraft, and like impostures.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- "Look in your mirror for the alchemy needed there," he bade her.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- "It is not an alchemy in which myself I dabble," he said slowly.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- The myth is to religion what alchemy is to chemistry or astrology is to astronomy.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
- Perhaps I am wrong in implying that alchemy is an extinct folly.
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- There was always something fascinating to me in the old books of alchemy.
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Oh you think she's shabby, but you must allow for the alchemy of art.
- Extract from : « Some Short Stories » by Henry James
- He became a mystic philosopher and gave attention to alchemy.
- Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
- No time now for alchemy; but for the horoscope, it is the veriest season.
- Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- This seems to be the only species of alchemy to which the Jesuits have said the Chinese are addicted.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow