The whole plant is known to be gently narcotic and somniferous. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Somali good advice, long as the somniferous sermons of Mentor to the insipid son of Ulysses. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
The most tranquillising, or even somniferous melodies ever composed, must have been those written by the celebrated LULLI. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 1, 1892] Reference
Starlight paddling over reflected stars was enchanting, but somniferous. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
Her study of library - cataloguing, recording, books of reference, was easy and not too somniferous. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
As for the somniferous members of the crew, they were carried one by one into the fishing boats and taken ashore. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
For the former, the revelations and fascination were regularly overcome by the somniferous effect of this essentially meaningless work. From Wordnik.com. [John Bolton - Surrender is Not an Option] Reference
After I had drunk it I reckoned I should get here about noon; but I had not taken the somniferous effects of that sixpenny-worth of rum into the calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
I had to copy his somniferous dispatches, to endure a rehearsal of his prosy speeches, to get up, at an immense labour to myself, incessant laughs at his jokes. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841] Reference
Agnes laid down beside him, and, patting him gently on the cheek, she sang in a sleepy sort of way, hoping the tone of her voice would have a somniferous effect. From Wordnik.com. [Lewie Or, The Bended Twig] Reference
He seemed very tired, overcome with somniferous stupor. From Wordnik.com. [His Masterpiece] Reference
The somniferous qualities of Naptown cannot be overstated. From Wordnik.com. [b.rox] Reference
It must have been a work of vast ability in the somniferous school of literature. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
Enchanted with his inspiration, he sets to work at once preparing the somniferous drink. From Wordnik.com. [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference
Hence the lack of upgrades to these configurations. somniferous June 27, 2009 4: 46 PM PDT. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Other peasants danced slowly, in a circle, to the drone of the somniferous Servian bagpipe. From Wordnik.com. [Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.] Reference
Her study of library-cataloguing, recording, books of reference, was easy and not too somniferous. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
It would be a great mistake to think that we should banish from our tables all somniferous articles. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Taste] Reference
This yelp, sounding above the somniferous monotone of grumbling, stirred Cap'n Sproul from his dozing. From Wordnik.com. [The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul] Reference
Vice President Cheney may have dozed off during Bush's apparently somniferous farewell speech last night. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
It was of a remarkably somniferous character, -- the cunning Le Duc had evidently some object in playing thus. From Wordnik.com. [From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure] Reference
I did not find the jolting of the cart at all disagreeable, on the contrary, it had quite a somniferous effect upon me. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
I did not find the jolting of the cart at all disagreeable; on the contrary, it had quite a somniferous effect upon me. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
The wine, which had exerted its somniferous influence over Mr. Snodgrass and Mr. Winkle, had stolen upon the senses of Mr. Pickwick. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
Quietude and solitude now came back again; the olden city, cold and somniferous, followed the new city with its bright sunshine and its crowds. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1] Reference
Wilson's technical advice fell on anxious ears, and the track became "If You Can't Sleep," a somniferous little hymn that snugly closes the book on Volume Two. From Wordnik.com. [Filter Magazine] Reference
Perhaps, however, someone with practice in writing sermons will argue that the sermon without instances is as somniferous as the book-review with the same want. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Letters] Reference
In the same way I prefer Apollonius's spell for soothing the dragon, as much terser and more somniferous than the spell put by Mr. Morris into the lips of Medea. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures Among Books] Reference
And in spite of the somniferous effects of the wine fumes and the warm streaming gaslight, he would keep his ears open to the sounds proceeding from the little room. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
A work of vast ability in the somniferous school of literature. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
I’ve been to a Jazz Shabbat myself, and found it . . . somniferous. From Wordnik.com. [YOUR HEAD A SPLODE | Jewschool] Reference
The fatiguing adventures of the day or the somniferous influence of the clergyman’s tale operated so strongly on the drowsy tendencies of. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
A bureaucratic non-entity attempting originality but only repeating the somniferous screeds of his countless colleagues and predecessors in Federal Reserve banks everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Rule of Reason] Reference
Is my drink somniferous?. From Wordnik.com. [Life Is a Dream] Reference
Adorned with somniferous poppies to show. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
Of foreign lands full of somniferous gall. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
His rod somniferous grasps; nor leaves his cap. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
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