10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOPORIFEROUS»
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A Treatise of the Materia Medica
We have indeed found the hyosciamus to be often an agreeable anodyne and
soporiferous medicine ; and we have frequently found it such in persons who,
from particular circumstances, did not agree with opium, and particularly because
it ...
One of these, Erdaviraph, a young but holy prelate, received from the hands of
his brethren three cups of soporiferous wine. He drank them off, and instantly fell
into a long and profound sleep. —Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and
...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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A dictionary of the English & French and French & English ...
Somnanitmle, s. somnambulist, sleepwalker [milking in one's sleep
Somnambulisme, sm. the action of Somnifere, a. somniferous — , sm.
soporiferous draught Somptuaire, a. [sonp-], sumptuary Somptueusement, ml. [
soup-], sumptuously ...
Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, 1861
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Mycorrhiza: Role and Applications /.
Chlamydospore ofGlomus borne laterally X 135 Acaulospora include all those
species, which produce chlamydospores borne laterally on the proximal part of a
soporiferous saccule (Fig. 1.5). Entrophospora encompasses those species, ...
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A New French & English Dictionary
somniferous. Somni- JUre, sm. a soporiferous draught. SOMPTUAIHE, adj.
sumptuary, [sively. SOMPTUEUSEMENT, iidv. sumptuouslv, expen- SOMPIUKUX
, adj. sumptuous, m;ign>ticeut, costly. Sonni'osiTK, if. sumptuousness,
magnificence.
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A New French and English Dictionary
Somnambulisme, sm. somnambulism, the act of walking when asleep. Somnifère
, adj. (med.) somniferous. Somnifère, sin. a soporiferous draught. Somptuaibe,
adj. sumptuary. [sively. Somptueusement, adv. sumptuously, expen- Somptueux,
...
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
To Ijry asleep. * SOPORIFEROUS. adj. [sopor and fin.} Productive of sleep ;
causing sleep; narcotick; opi.itc ; dormitive ; somniferous ; anodyne ; sleepy. —
The particular ingredients of those magical ointments are opiate and soporiferous
.
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Select works of Porphyry; containing his four books on ...
For, neither in this common life can there be one and the same exhortation to the
sleeper, who endeavours to obtain sleep through the whole of life, and who, for
this purpose, procures from all places things of a soporiferous nature, as there is
...
Porphyrius (the philosopher.), 1823
Chapter. I. "Of. Medicines. which. cause. sleep." Hat we may in order set down
those experiments, of which we intend to speak, we will begin with those
diseases which happen in the head, and first with sleep. For Soporiferous
receipts are very ...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
Soporiferous j somniferous ; narcotick ; causing sleep. The particular ingredients
of those magical ointments, are opiate and soporiferous. For aneinting of the
forehead and back bone, is used for procuring dead sleeps. Bacon. All their
shape ...
Henry John Todd, Samuel Johnson, 1805
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOPORIFEROUS»
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soporiferous is used in the context of the following news items.
Permeation of the Fascist Mindset
... surveillance on the American people, speaks volumes about the soporiferous climate created by a totalitarian context, even now, in the present-day society, ... «CounterPunch, Jun 14»
Some Tired Myths About Sleeping With Your Valentine, or Not
The lack of hard evidence for this one is striking, unless you count lab experiments that documented the soporiferous effects of rat sex. Yet, like most myths, this ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
Coming soon, perhaps, a reason for Canadians to thank Conrad …
Lately, His Lordship has been whiling away his hours writing increasingly soporiferous and, his age notwithstanding, sophomoric columns about how the United ... «rabble.ca, Oct 13»
The Fall of My Friend Dinesh
This is all material that appears in his soporiferous movie, 2016: Obama's America. It is not new. It is a cliché. Then, from World Magazine, the Christian ... «CounterPunch, Oct 12»
