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Used by Patrick O'Brian in "The Mauritius Command" as follows...
McAdam instantly collected his faculties and replied 'It is the pity of the world, Dr. Maturin, to see a man of your parts obnubilate his mind with the juice of the poppy.'
In his journal that night Stephen wrote '...and his blotched face clearing on a sudden, he checked me with my laudanum. I am amazed at his perspicacity. Yet do I indeed obnubilate my mind? Surely not: looking back in this very book, I detect no diminution of activity, mental or physical.'
April 11, 2009