But I wanted a pen, and for this there was no succedaneum.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
And ev'n the succedaneum to a Menstruum may sometimes serve the turn to change the Colours of a Metal.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle
Man has produced by conscious effort what life realizes by methods that escape us; so that the creative imagination in man is a succedaneum of the generative powers of nature.
"Essay on the Creative Imagination"
Th. Ribot