soporiferous

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"Item, on the said day, in the evening, a julep, hepatic, soporiferous, and somniferous, intended to promote the sleep of Mr. Argan, thirty-five sous."

From The Imaginary Invalid by Wall, Charles Heron

All this I was told; for, while the operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

All this I was told, for, while the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 5 by Patten, William

And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-colored beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

No. Happily, however, that soporiferous monotony is beginning to get obsolete.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny