sleeping-draught

He had been bled copiously; he had a little fever; he had had nothing to eat for very many hours; he had a sleeping-draught, and

The Virginians 2006

A fortnight after Hooper Hamilton also succumbed to “egotism” and took an overdose of sleeping-draught at his summer-house in the Aland

The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

I went to bed and got my man to mix me a sleeping-draught, and then told him to clear out.

The Thirty-Nine Steps 2005

The bride would not, yet wanted very much to have the dress; at last she consented, but the page was to give the prince a sleeping-draught.

Household Tales 2003

The robber, as soon as he heard the news, made a sleeping-draught, and bade the queen give it to her son before he went to bed that night.

The Olive Fairy Book 2003

But the Prince took care not to drink the sleeping-draught.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

But she gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

On this the page told all; that he had been forced to give him a sleeping-draught, because a poor girl had slept secretly in the chamber, and that he was to give him another that night.

Household Tales 2003

The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he heard nothing.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

Fever did not set in, but, day and night, Louise lay with wide, strained eyes; she refused nourishment, and the strongest sleeping-draught had no effect.

Maurice Guest 2003