1908, Lafcadio Hearn, King Candaules Chapter , And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-coloured beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe.
1922, Charles Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Chapter , All this I was told; for, while the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.
