At last, however, the
narcotic began to manifest its potency, and she fell into a deep sleep.
He took it, put it between his lips, lit it, drew several puffs, and his head, becoming heavy under the influence of the
narcotic, fell upon the table.
I dressed myself as quickly as possible; my slow and stiff motions all attested that the effects of the
narcotic were not yet entirely dissipated.
There was something about the luxury of the Welland house and the density of the Welland atmosphere, so charged with minute observances and exactions, that always stole into his system like a
narcotic.
Only, in the midst of his fever, a hand as soft as velvet and as cool as the night sea-wind touched his forehead, and a voice sounded in his ears so sweetly that the blood burned no longer in his veins, so sweetly that he lay back upon his pillow like a man under the influence of a strong
narcotic and slept.
Between them, they actually made Aunt Myra laugh heartily more than once; and Rose did her so much good by letting in the sunshine, singing about the silent house, cooking wholesome messes, and amusing the old lady with funny little lectures on physiology, that she forgot to take her pills and gave up "Mum's Elixir," because she slept so well, after the long walks and drives she was beguiled into taking, that she needed no
narcotic.
The search required to find their pipes told plainly that they had been without tobacco a long time, and the old man's eagerness for the
narcotic rendered him helpless, so that I was compelled to light his pipe for him.
A steady droning sound of many men chanting each to himself some weird incantation came out from the black, flat wall of the woods as the humming of bees comes out of a hive, and had a strange
narcotic effect upon my half-awake senses.
They throng about the captain, begging and praying him to commit the helm to them; and if at any time they do not prevail, but others are preferred to them, they kill the others or throw them overboard, and having first chained up the noble captain's senses with drink or some
narcotic drug, they mutiny and take possession of the ship and make free with the stores; thus, eating and drinking, they proceed on their voyage in such a manner as might be expected of them.
He did not have it tested, as I did, for a
narcotic.
Seeing, as I have just now seen, Mademoiselle Stangerson pour a
narcotic into her father's glass, so that he might not be awake to interrupt the conversation she is going to have with her murderer, you can imagine she would not be grateful to me if I brought the man of The Yellow Room and the inexplicable gallery, bound and gagged, to her father.
And long on the bright steps stood Gruff and Glum, looking after the pretty bride, with a
narcotic consciousness of having dreamed a dream.
