"Do you remember the veronal?" said Ivanov slowly. From Wordnik.com. [Autumn] Reference
She had no veronal, or anything of that sort, he hoped. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
Then he and his wife, Lotte, took fatal overdoses of veronal. From Wordnik.com. [Writer's Block . . . Stefan Zweig] Reference
After the first week the aspirin and the veronal gave out and there was no "earthly chance" of getting more. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Chloral, veronal, etc., only made him "dopy," irritable and depressed, but did not give him one hour of sound sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
‘I bought a revolver at Arpajon, during another of my brother’s trips to Paris … And as I slept badly I got myself some veronal …. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret at the Crossroads]
Ivanov had asked him to procure veronal for him, and in a discussion which lasted the whole afternoon, had tried to prove that every man had a right to suicide. From Wordnik.com. [Autumn] Reference
The man died of taking too much veronal a year after. From Wordnik.com. [Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley] Reference
They believe it must have been an overdose of veronal. From Wordnik.com. [The Guests Of Hercules] Reference
One was taking a little veronal; another said something about heroin. From Wordnik.com. [The Ear in the Wall] Reference
Bones wiped the perspiration from his brow and explained the action of veronal. From Wordnik.com. [The Keepers of the King's Peace] Reference
She is sleeping soundly, at last, and has promised me there shall be no more night-caps of veronal. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Child] Reference
Susie has not been sleeping well, and for all her weariness last night had to take five grains of veronal before she could settle down. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Child] Reference
The first announcement of her death appeared in an evening paper, stating the cause to be an accidental overdose of veronal taken to procure sleep, and Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
There was a bottle half full of veronal tabloids on the table by the bedside; and he was known to be in the habit of taking veronal, as he was a bad sleeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Guests Of Hercules] Reference
Herr Friedlander of the old-established bank of Hoffman and Fried-lander killed himself with an overdose of veronal on learning of the arrest of his stepson, a director of one of Barmat's offshoots. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
I am sure that I saw one woman taking some veronal in her coffee. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Ear in the Wall] Reference
"It was established at the inquest -- I got all the documents out after I received your letter -- that he was in the habit of taking veronal. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel of Terror] Reference
‘And since then,’ Maigret said slowly, ‘you’ve been in the habit, Else, of pouring veronal into Carl Andersen’s soup every evening?’. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret at the Crossroads]
"Do you remember the story of the veronal?". From Wordnik.com. [Autumn] Reference
Edward said he gave his veronal and. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18] Reference
Hypnogen is apparently identical with veronal. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Poor Kitty, she died from an overdose of veronal. From Wordnik.com. [Best Detective Stories]
That horrid veronal!. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
How’s your veronal case?’. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Little Crosses]
An overdose of veronal -- some carelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
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