The passage in question reads: 'These are the
philtres, allurements, jynges, inveiglements, baits, and enticements of love, by the means whereof that may be peaceably revived which was painfully acquired' ('Ce sont les
philtres, iynges et attraictz d'amour, moienans lesquelz pacificquement on retient ce que peniblement on avoit conqueste').' (2) Here Rabelais is actually writing on political science, and of military conquest, pacification, and subsequent rule, likening the process to winning a woman with great effort but then needing to retain her by means of love potions.
But alas, our hero has run out of money, and in an effort to pay for the
philtre, he recklessly agrees to join the army in return for immediate funds.
Le voyage acquiert le role d'un
philtre contre le surgissement agressif de l'identite; (10) son ecriture est une pure ecoute du silence.
The noun [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] is a soother, sedative agent,
philtre, potion, or drug [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII].
En effet, vers la fin de Paris, son ecriture prend de plus en plus une resonnance biblique tandis qu'il fait de la capitale francaise une nouvelle Jerusalem, epuree et delivree de la notion chretienne de peche (il en sortira "le
philtre d'amour et d'eternelle jeunesse" [1556]), et un puissant symbole d'espoir universel: "Il n'est que cette terre-la au monde pour que l'idee y germe, y fleurisse ...
At 34 he is one of the busiest riders on the local circuit, and says: "I've been lucky to have ridden at most recent Cheltenham Festivals for some well-known trainers, and I've won the [Racing Post Weekender] Lady Dudley Cup on Distinctive [in 2000] and John Corbet Cup on
Philtre [2001] and was fourth in the Christie's Foxhunter Chase on Grimley Gale [1998] on her first run outside of a point-topoint."
where: [H.sub.F](s) is the transfer function of the low-passage
philtre, [H.sub.CF](s) is the transfer function of the frequency static converter, [H.sub.MA](s) is the transfer function of the asynchronous motor, [H.sub.C](s) is the transfer function of the coupling and mechanical / power brake, whereas [H.sub.ML](s) is the transfer function of the working machine.
Ma lecture me fut un
philtre, car ce petit ouvrage se boit plus qu'il ne se lit.
His most recent album
Philtre (his seventh) won this year's Radio 3 World Music award for boundary crossing.
Perhaps if the year were 1447 instead of 1947 I might have hoodwinked my gentle nature by administering her some classical poison from a hollow agate, some tender
philtre of death.
/ Quand il miaule, on l'entend a peine,//Tant son timbre est tendre et discret; / Mais que sa voix s'apaise ou gronde, / Elle est toujours riche et profonde, / C'est la son charme et son secret.// Cette voix, qui perle et qui filtre, / Dans mon fond le plus tenebreux, Me remplit comme un vers nombreux / Et me rejouit comme un
philtre.// Elle endort les plus cruels maux Et contient toutes les extases; / Pour dire les plus longues phrases, / Elle n'a pas besoin de mots.
In addition to presenting the idea of love (in nuce at least) as its own justification, Eilhart also deals with the love
philtre in an ambiguous way.
