soporiferous

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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

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

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

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

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

Pronounce, define, and use in sentences: prosperous league inhabitant pulley perceived violent forty soporiferous syllable morsel dexterity metropolis intrepidity diminutive parallel hospitality 5.

From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)