lenitive

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In the first week of the war the London Times recommended, for blackout nights, a reperusal of such "lenitive" 19th Century giants as Trollope and Dickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Keep the body open by means of lenitive electuary and rhubarb; for there is an objection to the tincture I mentioned, as containing alcohol.

From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas

There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out to us: so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep; and the first word which roused me was Amiens.

From A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Sterne, Laurence

When the piles are external, or can be reached, one or two applications of Goulard's extract, with an occasional dose of lenitive electuary, will generally succeed in curing them.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Touch'd not in vain!—The faithful tribute brought To cureless grief the lenitive, she sought; And Lushington, thro' tearful anguish, smil'd On truth's memorial of her darling child.

From Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author by Hayley, William