10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEEPING DRAUGHT»
Discover the use of
sleeping draught in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sleeping draught and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The bride could not overcome her desire and consented, but she mixed a
sleeping-draught with the wine her betrothed took at night, which made him fall
into a deep sleep. When all had become quiet, the King's daughter crouched
down by ...
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, 2013
THE ONLY THING KEEPING HIM ALIVE, I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT, IS THE
NEAR VEGETATIVE STATE INDUCED BY MY SLEEPING DRAUGHT. AND I
KNOW NOT HOW LONG EVEN THAT WILL KEEP HIM ON THIS WORLD, OR
EVEN IF ...
3
The European Magazine, and London Review
April 87. Pixarro— Mystification. 58. Poor Gentleman — Magpie. SO. Marino
Faliero— Sleeping Draught. May l. Ditto — High Notions. 8. Ditto— Frightened to
Heath. 3. Ditto — Giovanni in London. 4. Oilto — Ditto. ft. Love in a Village—
Raising ...
4
The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. 1818. May 27. Iron Chest — Amoroso —
Sleeping Draught. — 28. Othello — Innkeeper's Daughter. 29. Way to get Married
— Caustic, Mr. Oxberry ; Tangent, Mr. Ellis- ton ; — Of Age To-morrow. — 30. Jew
of ...
5
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
she took Parcenet aside, and she said unto the damsel Parcenet, "Go and fetch
me hither presently a powerful sleeping-draught." z'ttofdkyeth Then Parcenet said
, " Lady, what would you do ? " And the pians^igainst Lady Ettard said, " No ...
6
Xenophon of Ephesus: His Compositional Technique and the ...
Perilaus, her rescuer, keeps her in his house and wants to marry her, thus putting
her in a position where suicide seems the only way out; whence the sleeping-
draught and its sequel. At first she puts him off for a month with some excuse,15
to ...
James N. O'Sullivan, 1995
7
A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments ...
Let me know who has given me a sleeping draught, and convey'd me hither, you
dirty varlet ? Yab. A sleeping-draught! yes, you drunken jade, you had a sleeping
-draught, with-a-pox to ye. YVhat, has not your lamb's wool done working yet P ...
Let me know who has given me a sleeping draught, and convey'd me hither, you
dirty varlet? - j'ah. A sleeping-draught l yes, you drunken jade, you had a
sleeping draught, with-a-pox to ye. What, has not your lamb's wool done working
yet?
Samuel Foote, David Garrick, Henry Fielding, 1784
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Modern domestic medicine
Anodyne and Sleeping Draught. No. 22. Take of subcarbonate of potash, a
scruple ; lemon juice, half an ounce ; spearmint water, an ounce and a half ;
laudanum, or the solution of acetate of morphia, thirty or forty drops ; syrup of tolu,
half a ...
10
The British Drama: Operas and farces
Let me know who has given me a sleeping-draught, and conveyed me hither, you
dirty varlet? Job. A sleeping-draught! yes, you drunken jade'; you had a sleeping-
draught with-a.-pox to you. What, has not your lambs-wool done working yet?
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEEPING DRAUGHT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sleeping draught is used in the context of the following news items.
May Murray: One of the greatest society scandals of the period
The bottle of sleeping draught was found by her bed and a doctor gave evidence that she had apparently taken 40 times the recommended dose. The inquest ... «Bristol Post, Feb 15»
Music, drama, and saucy humour: Cavalli's L'Ormido at the Sam …
... Erisbe and Osmindo think they are dying in each other's arms. Fortunately, the soft-hearted henchman Osman has switched the poison to a sleeping draught. «Express.co.uk, Feb 15»
Winston Churchill's drinking was one thing, but what about his drug …
... instead of putting the real name of a medicine on its packaging, doctors often specified a vague descriptive title such as “the sleeping draught” or “for nerves".). «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
Rwandan's death is sinister
The plan, as she understood it, however, went awry when the singer never recovered from the sleeping draught, finally booking himself into hospital in ... «Independent Online, Jan 14»
Now THIS is what a piano encore should sound like…
Yet what if my musical elixir is your sleeping draught? It's this uncertainty, I think, that means we get the same encores time after time. It really needn't be this way ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 13»
God VS Wonga
Alexis in that case all you would need is some feathers, a dress, some oil, an easel, some sleeping draught, lots of paper, a prostitute and the best portrait ... «Bitterwallet, Jul 13»
'Merlin' Recap: 'A Lesson In Vengeance'
Morgana, meanwhile is off sourcing a magical poison, called henbane and a sleeping draught from a potions master. Arthur confides in Evil Gwen that he's ... «Anglophenia, Feb 13»
Dear Ahmadinejad: Let me tell you about cancer
He will be applauded on the streets of Arab capitals, and the nations will swallow some sleeping draught composed of complacency, indifference, foolishness ... «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., Aug 12»
David Metcalfe
... a pathologist at the time suspected was “a sleeping draught”. Their children, including Julian Metcalfe, the future founder of the Pret A Manger sandwich chain, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 12»
Is Sleeping Beauty an Artful Rumination on Sex and Power or …
Lucy drinks a powerful sleeping draught and lies nude and unconscious in a luxurious bed; Clara's clients pay dearly for the privilege of doing anything they ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 11»
