philosopher's stone

NOUN
  1. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
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  • As to the term philosopher's stone, he alleged that it was a mere figure, to deceive the vulgar. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828
  • It is the open sesame to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.
  • If they are, they possess a virtue which produces, in some measure at all events, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if their content does not bring riches, it banishes the desire for them. Across China on Foot
  • Alchemists, the tales go, sought to use a magical philosopher's stone to transmute lead into gold.
  • He would talk until his head smoked of his list of miraculous cures -- of his balsams, his anodynes, his elixirs; in the benevolence of his soul he would, to accommodate the pockets of the poor, sell a pennyworth of the philosopher's stone; and, as a further illustration of his sympathy for suffering man or woman, give, even for a kreutzer, a mouthful of the Fountain of Youth. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841,
  • He was much in demand for occasional music but died in poverty, ruined by his attempts to find the philosopher's stone.
  • This virtue does indeed produce, in some measure, all those effects which the alchymist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing, by banishing the desire of them. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant
  • The elixir is the Philosopher's Stone, the object which will transmute base metals into silver and gold, but also has the power of restoring health, curing all diseases.
  • In alchemy, the production of the Philosopher's Stone that could transmute lead to gold, and confer immortality.
  • They evidently have thought that I had some kind of alchemic secret, like the philosopher's stone which was designed to turn the baser metals into gold. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression
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