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Efficient, the police came, took down a description of the gunman, promised to try and catch him, but had not at last reports interfered with the rushing business of Cordials and Beverages.

From Time Magazine Archive

And if ever any Lividness or Redness appeared on the Parts, we gave plentifully of the Cortex and Cordials, if not contra-indicated by the other Symptoms.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

He concludes with Directing of proper Cordials, to refresh and strengthen the Patient, such as Confect.

From The Plague at Marseilles Consider'd by Bradley, Richard

Cordials are served plain, with crushed ice or with cream.

From How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration by Lansdown, Lillian B.

Cordials and other restoratives were administered, but the animal died on the following day. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles