tofana

This Italian _gusto_ for the smell of blood, appears to have been introduced into the palaces of France from those of Italy by alliance with the Medici -- those ennobled pawnbrokers of the middle ages, whose _parvenu_ taste engendered the fantastic gilding of the _renaissance_, which they naturalized in the Tuileries and at Fontainbleau, in common with the stiletto and acqua tofana of their poisoners, and the fatalism of their judicial astrology.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

The acqua tofana of his enemies had pervaded every fibre of the state.

The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

Toward the end there was the inevitable rumour of acqua tofana, and the populace cried out that the Jesuits were at work again.

The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

So at least thought Wurmser himself, who wrote a most kindly letter to Bonaparte, forewarning him that a plot had been formed in Bologna to poison him with that noted, but never seen, compound so famous in Italian history -- aqua tofana.

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

A Study in Scarlet 1887