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I have hitherto been a zealous opponent of the Circean herb, but I shall now reëxamine the question without bias.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

But the deadly Sirens are all things opposed to the Circean power.

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John

They looked, the one an angel with a sense of humour, the other Circean with an eye to the conventions, both as smart as Paris could make them.

From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Shame to him when he dallies in the Circean Hall of the senses!

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various

The Circean poison, whether drunk from the clearest crystal or the coarsest clay, alike intoxicates and makes beasts of men.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel