Recent Examples on the WebLafayette referred to himself as an élève enthousiaste, and Mesmer gave him a sort of posthypnotic suggestion for preventing mal de mer during his long voyage to America, which involved clutching the mast of the ship (a plan stymied when the mast turned out to be covered with tar).—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
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