sal volatile

Example Sentences

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I have not read them, I am too weak, I suffered Fits of Shaking & he & the Smith Father delivered me back to my Chamber & there administered sal volatile.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

After she had had some sal volatile and sat still for a few minutes, she said the re was nothing he matter with her except a few bruises.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

It's nobody I've met at old Stars and Garters', though his lady-wife could no more do without me than without her sal volatile and flirtations.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida

"I have some sal volatile here; you must drink it."

From The Time of Roses by Meade, L. T.

"No. If your pet friend can get through an invitation-note of four lines, the exertion costs her at least a dram of sal volatile."

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida