soporiferous

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

From King Candaules by Hearn, Lafcadio

The doctor, having felt his pulse and examined his wounds, declared him much better, which he imputed to that sanative soporiferous draught, a medicine "whose virtues," he said, "were never to be sufficiently extolled."

From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Fielding, Henry

The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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

"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